Added by | ivan lucian |
General Description : | made for the Aqueduct Race Track special which ran during the race season from Midtown Manhattan to the Brooklyn race track, during the November through April race season. The customer would pay the regular fare to enter the system in three locations in Manhattan and the Hoyt-Schermerhorn stop in Brooklyn, But the token was used for the return trip from the race track. With the new employee contract of 1970 a 23mm token was introduced for the 30-cent fare, which in September 1973 became 35-cents, and in 1975 50-cents. Osborne Coinage Company and the Roger Williams Mint made these tokens. There are two distinct die varieties, again noticeable in the letter G of Good. |
Diameter | 23.00 mm |
Material | Copper |
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