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FARE OR TRANSIT TOKENS – VARIOUS US CITIES – LOT OF 18 TOKENS
FARE OR TRANSIT TOKENS – VARIOUS US CITIES – LOT OF 18 TOKENS

FARE OR TRANSIT TOKENS – VARIOUS US CITIES – LOT OF 18 TOKENS

$ 19

Availability: 89 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: Circulated

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    FARE or TRANSIT TOKENS
    Railways and public transport agencies used fare tokens for years, to sell rides in advance at a discount, or to allow patrons to use Turnstiles geared only to take tokens (as opposed to coins, currency, or fare cards).
    Transit tokens in the United States date to 1831, when brass coins were minted for John Gibbs’s U.S.M. stage in New Jersey. Horse-Car tokens were issued more widely in the 1830s, as were tokens for horse-drawn omnibuses. By 1897, the U.S. had its first subway in Boston, and in 1904 the New York subway system was inaugurated. Tokens were also produced for ferries, buses, and streetcars, often out of cheap white metal, aluminum, or more costly bronze. One characteristic of many, but certainly not all, transit tokens is that they often feature cutouts, sometimes in the shapes of letters, to differentiate them at a glance from other coins.