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Transportation tokens,
Transit tokens or
Bus tokens are tokens made for an operator of a transportation facility.
They were used with his authority on his facility.
Transportation tokens may include tokens used on toll roads, bridges, amusement rides, ferries, streetcars and buses.
Transportation tokens were accepted as payment for one fare, one half fare or one student fare.
The majority of these tokens are 16mm or 23mm and had three main types of buses pictured. The old bus type with the protruding front first appeared in 1924. A second type appeared in 1936. By 1952 a third type closely resembled a modern Greyhound type bus.
Most regular issue transportation tokens are common and priced very low. This is a great token starter collection with lots of tokens available in bulk. Plus several books or catalogs have been written on the subject.
If you would like to see a list of Louisiana Transportation tokens in PDF format CLICK HERE
One of the most popular Transit token are the pieces marked "good from hotel to depot.
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