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Message:: [QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 905696, member: 2100"]Since no one provided ids yet, I will do that. The Honolulu (on the island of Oahu) one is HI240-Ac (there are 4 additional varieties). 115,000 (total) were struck in 4 orders from 1924 to 1942. Honolulu is one of 5 cities in Hawaii that issued transit tokens. My 1996 ref. listed the value for this token at $2.00, which was the best of the 6 major varieties for Honolulu. The least valuable Honolulu transit token, for reference purposes, listed at $ .15. In doing a quick flip thru the book to provide a ballpark reference for where the high end of the transit token value range is, the highest value that I saw listed was $150.00. For the Omaha transit, are you sure the reverse has "School Child 5 to 12 years of age"? That wording is not listed. Omaha & Council Bluffs have 6 major and 33 minor varieties. If I were to chose amongst those, I would venture that your token is NE700-Ga, but the reverse should say "One Fare For Child" "5 to 12 Years 1/2". When describing token inscriptions, care needs to be taken, as often varieties exist because of a difference in use of a comma or period, even the thickness, spacing or style of the lettering frequently comes into play if one delves into the subvarieties. If I am correct with the NE700-Ga id, there were 10,000 struck during Oct. 1950, and 10,000 more during March 1951. Value for this token was listed at $ .25. A little history. The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company was incorporated on Dec. 22,1902. Their steetcars were abandoned on March 4, 1955. The name of the system was changed to Omaha Transit Company on June 1, 1955. The Transit Authority of the City of Omaha (Metro Area Transit) took over operations of the system on July 1, 1972. At present (according to the 1996 ref.) this authority provides transportation services with 160 buses.[/QUOTE]

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