Hunted a steep cut on an old beach and found a NY City Transit token, four "wheaties", and an old key in the cut.
I love finding old stuff!
Here's a couple of pics.
Thanks for looking
Magz
p.s. here's some info on the token ( excerpt from a web site article);mentions " passable counterfeits"...hmmmmmmm....I hope this is not one of those.
"The Board of Transportation wanted to remove control of the operation of the unified system from the City, so by 1953 the plans were formulated for the formation of the New York City Transit Authority, a semi-autonomous public agency, which took over operations in June 1953. With this organizational transfer, a fare increase, and a token came about. Prior to this though, a few samples were struck using the name of the New York City Transit System, and NYCS in the center of a diamond. These are very scarce. There are varieties with the central NYC letters smooth or with a dimpled effect.
However, with the name change to Authority, new designs for a token were needed, and that job fell to Louis A. Schineller, an employee in the Maintenance of Way Department who had a background in designing type specimens. The end result, after being given a selection of tokens then current in other cities and following a set of NYCTA specifications was the now famous 16mm brass token. Due to time constraints, a solid token was used from June through September. The Osborne Coinage Company and Scoville Manufacturing Co made these solid tokens. By September the originally desired 16mm specimens with the Y-cut out were being delivered and phased into use. There are several varieties of these, including some very passable counterfeits. The 16mm token remained in use at the 15-cent fare until 1966 and then at a 20-cent fare until 1970. There are three distinct varieties noticeable in the letter G in the word Good."
I love finding old stuff!
Here's a couple of pics.
Thanks for looking
Magz
p.s. here's some info on the token ( excerpt from a web site article);mentions " passable counterfeits"...hmmmmmmm....I hope this is not one of those.
"The Board of Transportation wanted to remove control of the operation of the unified system from the City, so by 1953 the plans were formulated for the formation of the New York City Transit Authority, a semi-autonomous public agency, which took over operations in June 1953. With this organizational transfer, a fare increase, and a token came about. Prior to this though, a few samples were struck using the name of the New York City Transit System, and NYCS in the center of a diamond. These are very scarce. There are varieties with the central NYC letters smooth or with a dimpled effect.
However, with the name change to Authority, new designs for a token were needed, and that job fell to Louis A. Schineller, an employee in the Maintenance of Way Department who had a background in designing type specimens. The end result, after being given a selection of tokens then current in other cities and following a set of NYCTA specifications was the now famous 16mm brass token. Due to time constraints, a solid token was used from June through September. The Osborne Coinage Company and Scoville Manufacturing Co made these solid tokens. By September the originally desired 16mm specimens with the Y-cut out were being delivered and phased into use. There are several varieties of these, including some very passable counterfeits. The 16mm token remained in use at the 15-cent fare until 1966 and then at a 20-cent fare until 1970. There are three distinct varieties noticeable in the letter G in the word Good."