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New York subway fares were initially 5 cents, when the subway first opened in 1904. They now stand at $2.90. Here are some of the tokens from across the country that have value, whether it’s a ...
When the New York City Transit Authority was created in July 1953, the fare was raised to 15 cents (equivalent to $1.71 in 2023) and a token was issued. [102] In 1970 the fare was raised to 30 cents. [103] This token is 23mm in diameter with a Y cut out, and is known as the "Large Y Cutout".
Token coin. In numismatics, token coins or trade tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins. The field of token coins is part of exonumia and token coins are token money. Their denomination is shown or implied by size, color or shape. They are often made of cheaper metals like copper, pewter, aluminium, brass and tin, or non-metals like ...
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [15]
The swipe-able subway pass will stick around in 2023. That's when the MTA says all "comparable fare options" will be available through OMNY. Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox.
The swipe cards were first introduced in 1993, but the MTA continued selling and accepting subway tokens for another decade before finally killing them in 2003.
Subway tokens had been used as the MTA subway and bus systems' form of fare payment since the 1950s. MetroCards made by Cubic Transportation Systems started to replace the tokens in 1992; the MetroCards used magnetic stripes to encode the fare payment. By 2003, the MetroCard was the exclusive method of fare payment systemwide.
That's right, a last-of-its-kind Redbird subway car is available for purchase in a city-organized auction, with bids currently starting at $31,100 (up from the starting price of $6,500 after 23 bids).