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Pillar of the Community
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Not sure what this token was used for. Maybe a taxi ride. Found it in the CoinStar rejection bin a few years ago. TH stands for territory of Hawaii (pre-1959).   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice find and quite interesting, deadmunny! Someone must have cleaned out their parents' or grandparents' change jar. There's a tokencatalog listing that seems to match yours, although it doesn't provide any information: Pearl Harbor Drivers' Assn.I checked my copy of Atwood's catalog of transportation tokens (Coffee, 1970) and it also did not shed any light on its use. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Interesting example!  |
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Yes definitely a transportation token. Here is some information from the November 1994 article "Transportation Tokens of Hawaii" by Kazuma Oyama: Quote:
Once upon a time, even before the population sprawl of the City and County of Honolulu, we had a multiple public transportation system that covered most of Oahu. The Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT) covered the city from KaHhi to Kaimuki and up Liiiha and Nuuanu, and to waikiki. Oahu Railways 6 Land Co. (O.R. & L. Co.) provided services from Honolulu to Kahuku via Kaena Point which included Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, Ewa, Nanakuii, Waianae, Waialua, and Haleiwa; and also service to Wahiawa and Schofield Barracks via Waipahu and Waikeie/Waikakalaua gulches. The Pearl Harbor Drivers Association provided service between Pearl Harbor Navy Base and the Honolulu YMCA. Rosecrans provided jitney service between Fort Shatter and Waikiki. I believe there was a "Windward Bus*' that provided service from the Kaneohe area to Honolulu, and Wahiawa Transport furnished bus transportation between Wahiawa, Schofield, and Honolulu.
Reminders of some of these transportation companies are available in the form of tokens as listed in Hawaiian Money Standard Catalog (Medcalf &Russeli) . Listed are six varieties of Honolulu Rapid Transit including the hula girl token which was superseded by tickets before it was put into use. Pearl Harbor Drivers Assn, also had 6 varieties. Rosecrans has only one token listed. The other companies evidently used tickets or were on the cash basis as no tokens have been discovered. Thx for sharing this interesting part of history @dead! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good read, Spence, thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice. Cool find. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice job on the info, Spence. Mahalo!
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A'ole pilikia my friend.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Here are the listings from the Medcalf and Russell Hawaiian Money book --   |
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Posted 12/01/2023 10:16 am
