mrbrklyn

When the mint tried to make a golden dollar those of us in NYC were kinda puzzled as to why this is so hard. We had a universally accepted golden dollar coin for years which never looked like a quater...and here is it

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Magman

I have a token like that, except its for Boston.

jazzcoins

Well since i was a native Newyorker here is one from 1960. I use to travel the subways alot in those days as a kid i use to keep a couple of them and here it is/ i moved out of the rate race in 85 now i'm in the wonderful country with the deers Thank God

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mrbrklyn

Is that the small sized one about dime size? We had those in the 70's, larger size, I believe it was a 75cent fare at the time

Anyway, here is another





These were the Bullet tokens made when the fare went up and then NJ spitefully made a replica of the coin for the Garden State Parkway for 45 cents

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Cloudsweeper99

I have one of the same type around here someplace. My father had Jets season tickets in the late 60s and we used to go to the games by driving in from New Jersey, parking at Port Authority and taking the Blue line to Flushing directly to Shea. It was a pretty good ride for $0.20.

RickieB

I have one just like that..it is very small, smaller than a dime and looks new.


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mrbrklyn

It it looks new it is serious business, almost unheard of and higher sought after.

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mrbrklyn

http://www.nycsubway.org/tech/tokens/

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http://www.nycsubway.org/tech/tokens/tokensmedals.html

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mrbrklyn

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...gewanted=print

The New York City subway token, tool and talisman of city life since Vincent R. Impellitteri was mayor, is dead at age 50, transit officials said yesterday.

The causes of death were technology and economics.

Tokens will be sold for the last time on Saturday, April 12, said Lawrence G. Reuter, president of New York City Transit. After 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, May 4 -- the moment at which fares will rise, with the price of a single trip jumping to $2 from $1.50 -- any token plinked into a turnstile will be spit back out. Bus fareboxes will still accept the token -- along with 50 cents cash, thank you -- through the end of the year.
edited - copyright

That was a fair use segment of the full article, not the full article...

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ldhair

Great thread. I learn something here every day.
I was in NY a week or so ago and got to thinking about the tokens.
It's cool to see a thread pop up on the topic.

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mrbrklyn

Your welcome - Here is another token I have

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cherylkubucko

I have one.

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International Railway Token

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mrbrklyn

That is a nice Bullet!

I have this Bullet

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and this one

and this is one of my Pent's




One of the nicer ones I got. The funny thing is that Times article made it sound like we didn't care that the MTA got rid of the tokens, when in reality, the Metrocard just sucks. It is slow, and stupid and it makes the turnstiles so slow that Grand Central Station had to be sput in half between incoming and out going turnstiles. When they first started I remember people flipping over the turnstile because it hesitates before registering a swipe. It was pretty funny and pretty sad.

Ruben

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