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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.

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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 new.gif

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!

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I can recall buying NY Transit tokens when I was young for like 10 cents each. Then 15 cents each.

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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 :crazy:

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More very neat transit tokens. I really like them. Are you getting them individually or in a lot?

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