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My favourite image of the day as 34007 Wadebridge rolls the Pines Express off the viaduct , Fireman with the token out to exchange as the signalman gets into position . All taking place as snow steadily falls .
I've cropped the footbridge to exclude the gallery and removed a lime green bobble hat in the first carriage as well as a little desaturation of the colour for effect
I should also say I had my youngest in my left arm at the time whilst composing with the camera in my left and being aware of 80072 bearing down behind me
I was very surprised at how tiny TTC subway tokens are! I've already misplaced one.
Here is one (bottom) shown with a quarter and toonie for scale. The weird part is that the token is the most valuable coin there ($2.25 to purchase, but pays for a $2.75 fare).
Been trying different ways to capture this.
NYC Subway Tokens are no longer used by the Transit Authority.
Proof bicentennial one cent token for W V Wright, coin dealer, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Says “Wanted Nevada Trade Tokens”.
From white to black. Giving Token more lovin' especially since the Goldie came around. I bought this girl but she's not mine. She will fly to Japan with me and be presented as a gift to my greatest friend in the world, Ayumi. She is a token of love and friendship...
Civil War Tradesman's Token
M.L. Marshall
1863
Oswego, N.Y.
Toys, Fancy Goods, Fishing Tackle and Rare Coin
A view of the token box in the signal box at Bewdely, UK. A token cannot be released from this box until it is released by another signal box at Arley, UK.
After all the jewelry the Purple Mage was obliged to wear as status markers, this little token of devotion is that much more precious to Nightowl.
Tokens from top left to bottom right:
blue 1 credit/1 advancement token (front and back)
red 5 credits/5 advancements token (front and back)
blue click trackers for corp (front and back)
red virus counters (front and back)
blue Corp tokens (front and back)
red click trackers for runner (front and back)
red 1 MU token (front and back)
red 1 brain damage token (front and back)
red 1 tag (front and back)
Chris Guntripp hands the token to Ramsbottom Signalman from 37109, piloting D335 south toward Bury. 5th November, 2011.
This is both sides of the same token but they were shot with my famous "I don't need no steenking tripod" technique so they aren't the same size. Slow learner, I guess.
A pedestrian token for the ferry between Greenport and Shelter Island. It cost $2 at the time of the picture.
Location: Lichfield District Council
Accession No: 1983.35.10
Imagine if your boss started minting their own money. Now imagine if they started paying you with it. Now imagine if only certain shops accepted that money, whilst it was worthless everywhere else.
This sounds ludicrous, even criminal to us. But this was exactly the situation that many 19th century factory workers found themselves in.
This copper twopence coin is an example of this unofficial money. It is known as a provincial token and was produced by John Henrickson, the owner of Lemmonsly Mill, near Lichfield in the late 18th to early 19th century.
Provincial tokens were coins minted by private individuals during the late 18th century in response to a chronic lack of small denomination coins in Britain. This shortage was caused by the effective ceasing of penny production by the Royal Mint in the 1660s.
Facing a shortage of low denomination coins with which to pay their workers, mill owners such as Henrickson produced these provincial tokens. The workers could then use these tokens in lieu of official coinage with local merchants and traders. These traders could then return the tokens to Henrickson in exchange for larger denomination, official currency. In this case, 120 of these tokens could be exchanged with Henrickson for one pound.
The obverse of the coin features an image of Lemmonsly cotton mill. In exergue beneath the image is the value: "TWO-PENNY TOKEN". Surrounding the image is the legend: "JOHN HENRICKSON LEMMONSLY MILL NEAR LITCHFIELD".
The reverse of the coin features a shield bearing the coat of arms of the City of Lichfield, consisting of three decapitated soldiers lying before Lichfield Cathedral. A lion's head is located at the base of the shield, whilst two floral branches border the shield. Around the edge of the reverse is the legend: "ONE POUND NOTE FOR 120 TOKENS".