akdrv Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 http://www.nycsubway.org/tech/tokens/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Look at the mintage figures for the subway tokens. Remember that there are millions of people in NYC who ride the subway and buses daily. I think that the last number I saw was something like 4.8 million fares per day. When I first started to work, I'd buy my tokens every payday. So 15 days worth of tokens = a total of 30 and then another 10 or 15 for side trips. The folks that I know who live in the city have taken to buying tokens in rolls. There were 50 in each roll as I recall - autowrapped by the counting machines. So if you have 2 or 3 million people buying these tokens and they need at least 2 per day. I guess the mintage figures seem very very low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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