Circus Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 2 of 4 Newark Health bus passes has registration number on reverse plasticPlastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Really neat items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 school pass tokenNo luck so far in finding were these are from. Since the search engines read it as Data Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ikaros Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Neat! I didn't know Newark-Heath had that system, and I was just in Heath over the Fourth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 These are from the Santa Maria Area Transit in Ca. wooden nickles changed year on themobverse the same,just different colors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Neat. I've never seen these before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 volume 2 of the three books Atwood/Coffee catalogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Looks like a great resource for a token collector. I really like nicely printed and bound books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Both of them are very nicely done, Don't know if I will be buying the 3rd volume mostly because it is on errors, die variations etc. Don't think I have the patience for looking thru a microscope for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 I am going to have to crawl eBay for a used copy. I fear to think what a tome like that must run new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 The used copies are being humped for gold prices, CATALOGUE of US and CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS: Vol 1: The LISTING, Atwood/Coffee. Major varieties listed, with price guide. 5th edition. The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens. Hard-Bound 1997, 870p. Detailed descriptions, Historical Notes, Standard Reference, Rarity Guide, Cash Price: $24.95 Retail Price: $29.95 CATALOGUE of US and CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS: Vol 1: The LISTING, Atwood/Coffee. Major varieties listed, with price guide. 6th edition. The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens. Hard-Bound 2007, 870p. Detailed descriptions, Historical Notes, Standard Reference, Rarity Guide, Cash Price: $34.95 Retail Price: $39.95 CATALOGUE of US and CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS: Vol 1: The LISTING, Atwood/Coffee. Major varieties listed, with price guide. 7th edition. The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens. Revised price guide based on actual sales and auctions. New 8.5x11-inch size. Hard-Bound 2016, 900p. Detailed descriptions, Historical Notes, Standard Reference, Rarity Guide, Cash Price: $59.99 Retail Price: $69.99 SUPPLEMENT to US & CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, Coffee. 3rd ed. update, with new issues, recent discoveries, new prices. Hard-Bound 1977, 243p. Detailed descriptions, Standard Reference, Rarity Guide, Cash Price: $4.95 Retail Price: $8.00 TRANSPORTATION TOKENS: Vol 2: A History and Encyclopedia, Atwood/Coffee. Includes quantities, date struck, historical research, more. The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens. Hard-Bound 1984, 776p. Cash Price: $30.00 Retail Price: $38.00 TRANSPORTATION TOKENS: Vol 3: Die Varieties Encyclopedia, Coffee. Lists all major, minor die varieties, w/thousands of photos. The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens. Loose-leaf edition. The Hardbound edition is out of print. Loose-leaf 1986, 960p. Detailed descriptions, Cash Price: $49.95 Retail Price: $61.00 http://www.exonumia.com/books.htm is the best for new copies. And he does sell on Amazon. Rich is a great guy to deal with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Very nice. I've always enjoyed wooden nickels. Great advertising medium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Art1.2 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Neat tokens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ikaros Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Very nice! They're all such a similar style; was there essentially just one or two private mints making these things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I can recall buying NY Transit tokens when I was young for like 10 cents each. Then 15 cents each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 unifaces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Very nice tokens. I wonder how many strikes they got from each pair of dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Very nice! They're all such a similar style; was there essentially just one or two private mints making these things? It appears there are a couple big dogs in the business, Like Osborne coinage. At one time Cincinnati had more coining firms than any other city in America. They were and refereed to as trade checks, An old line company is C.C. Wright of Cinci. they are using the same equipment,die punches,and stock dies that they have used for over 70 years this was published in the late 60's. The other part of the reason can be that the companies that are were supplying the trade checks, would get them form another company that made them. Like A.E. Schmidt which was a billard table manufacturer but sold trade checks. They were made by S.G. Adams Stamp and stencil Co. out of St. Louis. Some of the die's are so old that they will only strike them in aluminum now, as they will crack if struck into brass! Scovill manufacturing Co of Waterbury Ct made tokens for about 125 years giving it up in the 50's there have been dozens of companies over the last 150 years making tokens. Some were button makers that made tokens as a side line. Grant money meters inc a turnstile maker, along with Meyer & Wenthe So you see It is hard for even the American Vecturist Association doesn't have a good idea of who made what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Art1.2 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 More very neat transit tokens. I really like them. Are you getting them individually or in a lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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