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old NYC subway tokens
the tokens before this had a hole in the center
it reads on one side, "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY"
and on the other side, "GOOD FOR ONE FARE"
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Face of CRT-minted tokens, good for a ride on the Chicago "L" during their era. The Chicago Rapid Transit company was a predecessor agency to the CTA, operating all of the city's elevated/subway lines before acquisition by the state-created Chicago Transit Authority.
In addition to CRT, pre-CTA transit was also operated by the Chicago Surface Lines (streetcar system) and the Chicago Motor Coach Company (buses). Because they were private, competing entities, you could not use this token for either of the other systems.
Reverse side of Bakery token from R. Marrigan's Bakery in Deseronto. Text reads: "GOOD FOR & 1/2 LOAF OF BREAD."
Part of a collection of materials found during the move of the Deseronto Archives.
Getting set to take the line token on the Dean Forest Railway. Austerity WD152 'Rennes' is the engine of the day.
"For the first five years after the bombing, a simple chain link fence surrounded the Murrah Building site, and from the earliest hours of the rescue and recovery operations, visitors posted messages and personal items on the fence. It became such a tradition to “visit the fence” in Oklahoma City that sections of the original fence were incorporated in the permanent Memorial, and guests still leave their convention nametags or hastily scrawled notes of hope there."
Ref: www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?sectio...
Signalman Adrian Vaughan hands the token for the section to Weybourne to the driver of WD 2-10-0 No.90775. Taken at Sheringham West
A train driver gets a new token from the station master at Ohiya, Sri Lanka as the train arrives at the station February 2, 2012. Photo by Tim Chong
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As far as I know none of these are used anymore. I was trying to remember the last time I was on the NYC subway, it was when we went to visit the Twin Towers in the mid 70's. I have been in Long Island Sound and on the East River in my sister and brother-in-laws boat a few times since but not in actual downtown. They are a nice place to visit but don't want to live there. I generally keep my distance from downtown big city America, I like the peaceful quiet of the woodlands and forests. I have collected these over the years myself, from friends, and I found a few in an ashtray of a used car I bought.
I think the name Hoyle on this token refers to Edmond Hoyle (1672- 1769) who was a writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "According to Hoyle" came into the language as a reflection of his generally percieved authority on the subject.
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(no images in comments, please ... but identifications welcome!)
Managed to sneakily get a few of these out of the Faile/Bast arcade.
They're arcade tokens designed by them for use on their comuter games.
The only place you can get them is at that arcade and as soon as the arcade closes in a few weeks they'll probably be worth a few quid, seeing as faile pieces normally sell for a lot of money
Anyways I got a couple to trade for something really cool if anyones interested
A love token on an 1891 seated liberty dime bearing the letter M which I recently purchased at auction.
Love tokens were popular in the United States from circa 1860 - 1910. An individual would smooth one side of a coin and engrave initials, words or symbols of personal significance. In the American tradition, the love token was given to a sweetheart as a token to be carried at all times.
A more detailed history of love tokens is available at the PCGS website:
Proof bicentennial one cent token for W V Wright, coin dealer, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Says “Wanted Nevada Trade Tokens”.
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)
