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THE FARE BOX A Monthly News-Letter for Transportation Token Collectors

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Harold V. Ford 43 Arroyo Drive

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VOLUME 68, NUMBER 1 JANUARY 2014 OUR 799TH ISSUE - -

2014 AVA Dues

Included in the October Fare Box issue was a dues envelope to pay

your 2014 dues. If you do not pay your dues, this will be your

last Fare Box issue.

Current Rates are:

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Canada $28.00

Foreign $37.00

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As, you have probably noticed, this issue is printed in color. All

recent issues of the Fare Box are produced in color, but printed in

black and white. Members can download and print color copies of

past issues of the Fare Box from www.vecturist.com.

- - - January 2014 -

JANUARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE

By Harold V. Ford

WISCONSIN

Madison

MADISON MENDOTA/TRANSPORTATION/CO.

O o A 26 Sd 35/Cents $100.00

Additions and Corrections:

FL 440 A value should be $0.50

FL 1000 K size should be 25mm, not 24mm

PA 85 A value should be $10.00

On the internet I located an old catalogue that

listed bus lines that operated in the upper

mid-west which noted the existence of this

outfit located in Madison, WI in the early 20th

century. Lake Mendota is located on the north

side of the city.

A short report this month as this past fall has

been very slow regarding the reporting of new

discoveries. The NIS has received leads on a

number of plastics which need to be checked out

prior to listing to verify legitimacy and

ascertain availability and cost. We do not

list plastics that were not obtained from a

transportation or ferry operation.

Rocco DiGiacomo reports a non-modern token he

found near Winston-Salem, NC. Researching the

internet I cannot locate the existence of this

operation. Prior to listing I could use some

help. Is it from NC or somewhere else? If

there is no verification that there was a bus

line that could have used this token, I suppose

it could be listed as a pattern or

unidentified.

ADAMS BUS CO./W-S/PROMPT/(STAR)/SERVICE

B Oc Sd Good For/One Fare/5 (23mm)

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TOKENS

n 1995 an article appeared in Coin

World advising of an upcoming auction of

horsecar tokens. I had never heard of these

before, but my interest was immediately

piqued, partly because the photos were in-

triguing and also because I love animals (and they

love me back, since, as a vegetarian, I don’t eat

them!). In fact, I have a horse myself, along with a

few other pets.

So, I called the auctioneer and peppered him

with questions about horsecar tokens: their his-

tory, varieties, price structure, availability, etc.

I learned that most were issued in the late 1800s

and had much the same function as bus or subway

Quaint bits of exonumia recall simpler times when people

traveled and worked at a slower pace.

NORTH AMERICAN

HORSECAR TOKENS

I ! HORSECARS WERE A COMMON SIGHT in American

cities from 1860 to 1900. Horses or mules pulled

the lightweight trams on tracks, averaging little

more than 5 miles per hour. Most of these transit

companies issued fare tokens, but today only those

picturing horse-drawn cars are considered true

horsecar tokens.

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However, horsecar operation was not without its proble1ns. A typical horse ate

10 to 14 pounds of oats and corn daily.

Clu>ITOL HEIGHTS Street Railway Company, Lincoln, Nebraska

(1887-90). Brass (540-J), less than 10 known. Not Actual Size

tokens do today. I entered my bids and won a

number of specimens.

A month or two later, I learned that another

large collection of horsecar tokens was to be

auctioned. I was an eager bidder and happily

acquired even more pieces. With effort, patience

and some fortuitous opportunities, I managed

to assemble a complete collection comprising

32 examples.

Over the next decade or so, I put together an-

other set so I could display the pieces, both ob-

verse and reverse, at an ANA convention. I exhib-

ited my collection at the 2010 World's Fair of

Money5M in Boston and earned first prize in the

"Tokens" category. The following year, after con-

ducting more research, I spruced up my display

for the 2011 convention in Chicago, where I took

the Howland Wood Memorial Award for Best of

Show Exhibit.

In this article, I will share a bit of what I've

learned about horsecar lines in this country, and

illustrate some representative t okens . I hope

46 The N UMI SMAT IST www.money.o rg

you find this long-forgotten means of

transportation as fascinating as I do.

History of lhe Borsecar For centuries throughout the world,

the horse was the chief means of

transportation. In the early 1800s,

public transportation evolved beyond

the stage coach, particularly in

densely populated metropolitan ar-

eas. Developers hit upon the idea of

setting a carriage on rails and pulling

it with horses or mules.

One of the first horsecars, the

"John Mason," began operation in

New York City in late 1832. Manhattan went on

to develop the longest and most heavily used

horsecar lines in the country.

However, horsecar operation was not without

its problems. A typical horse ate 10 to 14 pounds

of oats and corn daily and required new shoes

about every two weeks. It was expensive to con -

tinually clean the streets of the large creatures'

deposits of offal and urine. A horse eould pull a

car for only a few hours before it needed to be re-

placed by a fresh animal, and most had to be re-

tired after a few years. A line's investment could

be wiped out by contagious horse diseases, as

happened in 1872.

Because of these drawbacks, concerted efforts

were made to replace the horsecar. Small steam

locomotives were considered, but were too heavy

and noisy for street use. Cable railways worked

well, but the capital expense was too great for

a ll but the high-traffic lines. Compressed air

and other more exotic power sources were tested,

but abandoned. Finally, in 1898, electricity was

harnessed for city railway service. It was quiet,

efficient, smoke-free and cheaper to build and op-

E\11\NSVIIJ.E STREJ:I' RlULWRY COMMNY, Indiana (c. 1892).

White metal (280-A). Not Actual Size

DECEMBER 2013

In North America_, only 32 types of horsecar tokens were issued by 25 cornpanies.

Token-issuing horsecar lines operated in 16 states and a Canadian province.

erate . By 1900, the

electric streetcar- and

the n ewly emerging

au tomobile - had re-

placed a ll but a few

horsecar lines.

..i THIS C.l\RDBO.l\RD TICKET was used

by the Galveston City (Texas) Rail-

Borsecar Tokens H orsecar lines issued

and used hundreds of

different tokens. Most

of them bore s imple

inscriptions, such as

GOOD FOR ONE FARE

and the name of the

company, but carried

no design elements .

However, today's col -

lectors con sider the road Company. Not Actual Size

only true horsecar to-

kens to be those that show both the railcar

and the horses pulling it. (One token issued

by a streetcar company illustrates a running

"' horse, but no railca.r, while another depicts a

mule pulling a car. Neither qualifies as a horse-"' 8 car token.)

In North America, only 32 types of h orse -

car tokens (denoted in parentheses below) were

issued by 25 horsecar lines.

t;; Token-issuing horsecar

g lines operated in 16 states

and 1 Canadian province: "' Alabama (l); California (I);

t:; Illinois (I); Indiana (l);

: Iowa (3); Kansas (2); Ken-

tucky (2); Maine (l);

g Michigan (I); Minnesota w-

(5); Nebraska (2); New York

: (2); Tennessee (2); Texas

(2); Wisconsin (5); and Ot-

"' tawa(l). g

The most widely u sed

reference for North Ameri-

can transportation tokens of

all types, including horsecar

tokens, is the The Atwood-

AMERICAN SOCIETY for the Pre-

vention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

was established in 1866 in response to

the mistreatment of horses, particu-

larly those in service on horsecar lines.

DECEMBER 2013

..i Gl\INESVILLE PllRK STREET RlULW1lY COMPANY, Texas (c. 1890).


Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian

Transportation Tokens (2007) by John M. Coffee

and Harold V. Ford, based on Roland Atwood's

classic guide.

Size & Composition Twenty-four of the 32 types were struck in brass

(with one New York type plated with white metal);

6 in white metal; 1 in copper; and 1 in aluminum.

Six of the tokens are octagonal; the rest are

round, a.bout the s ize of a U.S. nickel. All have

plain edges.

The majority weigh 5.1 to 5.5g and measure

22.75mm. The small, 18.5mm piece from Oakland,

California (listed as CA 575-A in the Atwood-

www.money.org The NUMISMAT IST 47

Patrick Demers

Patrick Demers

355

Patrick Demers

Patrick Demers

White metal (355-A) (Only two known.)

Patrick Demers

Not Actual Size

Most horsecar tokens are lightly to heavily worn) having been well-usedfor

the purpose for which they were intended .

.& OCTAGONAL BRASS TOKENS: Jackson & Suburban Street

Railroad Company, Tennessee, 1894-1906 (375-A); and Lex-

ington City Railway Company, Kentucky, date unknown.

(480-A, scarce). Not Actual Size

Coffee catalog), weighs 2.9g. Three large, round,

brass pieces- from Ontario, Canada (675-A),

Marshalltown, Iowa (590-B), and Gainesville,

Texas (355-B)-weigh 4.3 to 4.5g and measure

24.5 to 24.8mm.

The six octagonal tokens vary in size. The two

22.3mm Tennessee specimens (375-A and 375-B)

weigh 3.9g and 3.7g, respectively; the latter is

holed, indicating "half fare." The two Kentucky

pieces (480-A and 970-A) weigh 3.9g and measure

26.7mm in diameter. The two Lincoln, Nebraska,

examples (540-H and 540-I) weigh 4.7 and 5.lg,

respectively, and measure 25.2mm.

The large, thin Evansville, Indiana, token

.& MANISTEE STREET tllRRm'E COMPANY. LTD., Michigan, date

unknown. Brass (590-B). Not Actual Size

48 The NUMI SMAT IST www.money.o rg

.& LA CROSSE CITY RAILW1lY COMPllNY, Wisconsin, 1885-1913.

Brass (360-A), raised denticles. Not Actual Size

(280-A) was produced in white metal. Weighing

3.7g, it measures 25mm. Finally, the very rare,

24.8mm, aluminum Gainesville, Texas, token

(355-A, only two known), weighs a mere l.6g.

Conclilion & Rarity Most horsecar tokens are lightly to heavily worn,

having been well-used for the purpose for which

they were intended. The majority of' the speci-

mens shown here are in the mid- to upper range of

condition, with a few brilliant-uncirculated exam-

ples. Generally, pristine tokens are from a hoard

recovered from the original manufacturer of most,

if not all, horsecar tokens: Scoville Manufacturing

Company of Toledo, Ohio.

North American tokens run the gamut from

fairly common to very rare. Fewer than 10 exam-

ples each are known of one Milwaukee, \Viscon -

sin, token (510 -B) and both Lincoln, Nebraska,

pieces (540-H and 540-J). Only five or six. speci-

mens of the Winchester, Kentucky, example are

known, the finest of which is shown below. The

aluminum token from Gainesville, Texas, is the

rarest of all, with only two known (both in my per-

sonal collection).

.& McPHERSON STREET RAILW1lY COMMNY, Kansas, 1887-96.

Brass (640-D). Not Actual Size

DECEMBER 2013

The alurninurn piece frorn Gainesville_, Texas_, is the rarest of alt

with only two known.

_.. WINCHESTER CITY RAILWAY

Company, Kentucky, date unknown.

Brass (970-A), five to six known,

finest example. Not Actual Size

Major Collections Two of the most com -

plete collections ofhorse-

car tokens were both

formed over a period of

approximately 20 years

- one by Lee Woodbury,

the other by Bary Ben -

der. Coincidentally, both

collections were auc-

tioned in two different

sales in 199 6 (by Dick

Grinolds of Minneapolis,

Minnesota, and Presi-

dential Auctions of Clif-

ton, Virginia). Approxi-

mately 25 percent of

the tokens shown here

trace their pedigree to

one of these landmark-

collections.

John Coffee had a

nearly complete collec-

tion bat:k in 1964, when

he published his exten -

sive catalog of these to-

kens in the September edition of "The Fare Box," a

newsletter published by the American Vecturist

Association (www. vecturist.com). At that time, he

listed only 31 regular-issue types, plus three pat -

terns. Since then, an Ohio specimen has been iden-

DECEMBER 2013

_.. TUSC.lUOOSl\ STREET RAILWAY COMPllNY, Alabama (c. 1889).


tified as a fantasy, and the rare, aluminum Texas

and Winchester examples were discovered. The

horsecar token known then simply as "Unidentified

52" recently has been attributed, also to Gaines-

ville, Texas. Coffee continued to edit the newslet-

ter for many years until his death in 2012. •

SOURCES

Coffee, John M., and Harold V. Ford. The Atwood-

Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian

Transportation Tokens, 6 th ed. Boston: Amer ican

Vecturist Association, 2007.

"Horse Cars: City Transit Before the Age of Elec-

tricity." The Wa lter Hav ighurst Special Collections

Library, Miami University. spec.lib.muohio.edu/horse

car_ exhibit_ text. php.

Thompson, Joe. "The Horsecar Home Page." www

. cable-car-guy. com/htm l/cchorse. html.

_.. STREETCARS DRAWN BY HORSE or

mule moved with less friction than

passenger coaches on dirt or pave-

ment, allowing the animals to pull a

bigger load at a faster pace. The ve-

hicle at the left operated in Washing-

ton, Georgia, in 1903; the horsecar

above, illustrated on a postcard in

1877, was t he first to run in Manches-

ter, New Hampshire.

www.money.org The NUMI SMAT IST 49

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= SUPPLEMENT #23 TO THE 7th ED PARKING TOKEN CATALOGUE = ****************************************************

CALIFORNIA BURBANK-3110 (Reported by B Nolan)

Logix / smarter / banking / 20 MINUTES FREE PARKING (wm plated)

B B 23 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / OC 2.00

FLORIDA BAL HARBOUR-3050

(AS F)

G B 25 Sd PARKING / HM / TOKEN (auto) 1.00

MISSOURI

COLUMBIA-3230 (AS B)

C B 23 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE 1.00

NEW JERSEY CHATHAM-3140

BOROUGH OF CHATHAM / PARKING (K plated)

B B 22 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / RMW 1.00

NORTH CAROLINA WLIMINGTON-3950 (Reported by B Nolan)

PARK / WILMINGTON (reeded edge)

C B 23 Sd P (in a crest) / LOTS MORE 2.00

OHIO

TOLEDO-3860 OWENS TM / COMMUNITY COLLEGE (8mm steel center)

D B 25 Sd OWENS TM / COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3.00

PTMS-3080 PARKING / HH / TOKEN (auto)

AZ B 23 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE /HM 1.00

PARKING / TOKEN (auto)

BA WM 25 Sd (blank) (eagle surrounded by stars) 1.00

PARKING / HH / TOKEN (auto)

BB B 25 Sd TOKEN / HM 1.00

PTMS-3096 PARKING / TOKEN (incuse)(words curved)

O B 25 Sd (blank) 1.00

= CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS = ***********************

MO-3430-C: add vars: R: (has…dots) a: (no)

b: (2)

NY-3446-A: add vars: R: RWM under the… a: (E)

b: (L)

TEXAS-3255: Delete: Make this token PTMS-3030-C = PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY J V PERNICANO =

Bob Nolan reports an interesting item that might be a PT:

FIRST NATIONAL BANK / COOKEVILLE, TENN

WM 26 Sd (blank)

= J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROMALL, PA 19008 = ***********************************************

- January 2014 - - -

The Curator's Personal Notes on the 2013 Convention and Auction Another annual convention has come and gone, and its back to the daily grind. It's a ball seeing your friends every year, and trading, buying and selling tokens, plus taking part in the Auction, the ride, and the eating. How many of you have ever ridden a duck? Not only did the (renovated Army) duck pick us up at the hotel and take use to pretty good Mexican buffet, it took us all over town and into Lake Travis and back to the hotel. We tooted our quackers and waved at the pedestrians, and didn't even get wet! In 1993 I went to Topeka, and someone grabbed me and made me feel like a member and welcome, so 2013 was my 21st consecutive Convention. And we do try to make first time people welcome. What is there for the ladies to do? Plenty of shopping, gabbing, and they find a lot more, too. They also enjoy the annual girl get-togethers. What is a Convention? We gather Thursday afternoon and check in, then its off to some good food, as in Texas Barbeque at the renowned Salt Lick. Friday is register (all of two minutes), then start boursing, which is buying, selling, trading, gabbing, and enjoying the company of other members you likely see only this one time a year. You can talk to the club officers and make your ideas heard. That evening it's off to the banquet (we have to call it something, and some years it has been a real true banquet!) and possibly the ride. This year was a good Mexican buffet and the Duck ride. There were no speeches, presentations, or formalities.

After all ,we were in Texas! The duck even made it onto our tour token! Saturday is the Convention Auction of 550 piece, until noon, and the afternoon is more boursing to get those you didn't manage to win at the Auction. That evening we decided that while in Texas, you have to try the Texas Land and Cattle Company, where we partook of an excellent meal. Some headed straight to bed after stuffing themselves, while some hearty 10 took in the late show at Esther's Follies. A stage show of fast, furious, funny lampoons, jokes, magic, very well known for its up-to-date jibes at politicians, it's worth coming to Austin just to go to Esthers. Other years Saturday afternoon has been our ride followed by a more formal banquet. (My wife's first Convention Banquet was with paper plates and plastic forks and buffet in her high heels and gown in the carbarn in Enfield, Connecticut). Sunday morning is the AVA annual business meeting. What is your club doing? How well is it doing? Who is helping to do it? Those attending this year noted that we are quite solvent, in charge and actively pursuing a path that will not let the loss of Dr. John Coffee mean the downfall of the AVA. A new catalog is to be published in 2015. We will be doing much more online. You can pay your dues by Paypal. New additions to the makeup of the Board will help improve the Fare Box in specific ways. It is your presence at the Conventions that make this organization as effective as it is. I am responsible for the Convention Auction. AVA members submit a list to me of what they would like to put in the auction, and I vet the list so there are no duplicates offered. This becomes a 550 piece opportunity for members to add to their collections. It's a full year job from getting the tokens for the Fare Box listing to running the auction to sending out the submitters payments. This year was the poorest auction in my memory of 15 or so years of running the Auction. For the first time, instead of the usual 5 or less, there were 131 tokens without bids, either by mail or from the floor. For many years there have been 55 mail bidders, several bidding on over 100 tokens each. This year there were 25 mail bidders each at 29 tokens or less, and three of those bidders also attended the Convention. There have been years with a gross of well over $12,000. This year we didn't even break $6,000. A lot of you missed an opportunity to pick up tokens with Catalog Values from $2 to over $200. Many bids were a fair percentage over catalog, but since there was no competing bid, they got that token for catalog. This isn't fair to the submitter, who pays the AVA a 10% sellers commission on that sale. What can I do to entice you to enter a mail bid? Tokens start at $2.00 catalog, and I'm going to keep it at that. Those 131 no-bid tokens had to go back to their submitter. If you didn't bid on them this auction, I will see that we have new tokens next year in their place. Mail bidders on these tokens can bid as high as they want

and they can get the token for only 10% over the last competing bid, either from another mail bidder or floor bidder. If yours is the only bid, the bidding starts at catalog, and too many went for catalog this past auction because there was only that one bid. That 10% sellers commission goes to help put on the conventions. If you would like to submit tokens for the next Auction, the door opens right now to send me a list of what you would like to put in so we can find 550 tokens for buyers. As with the bidding, it's

first come first served. Send me your list via snail mail or email, and I will tell you what will be accepted. Keith Haney, 11 Sunset Circle, Wimberley, TX 78676-2114, or [email protected].

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Each January, as News Editor for the Electric Railroaders’ Association (ERA) monthly publication, The

Bulletin, I prepare a list of openings, extensions or new stations that transit systems have planned to add for the coming year, this time, 2014. 2014 looks to be a busy one as can be seen in the table below, but past history has shown that there may be changes. The information presented was current at time of publication and updates are published in The Bulletin, as they occur, but if you are not an ERA member, I will publish the results in the December 2014 Fare Box.

Month Transit Agency City Line Event

January New Mexico Rail Runner Express

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rail Runner Montano Station opens

February Secretariat of Panama

Metro Panama City,

Panama Line 1

Fernandez de Cordoba to Curundu 8.5-miles,16 stations

March Virginia Railway

Express Fredericksburg,

Virginia Fredericksburg Spotsylvania Station opens

March District DOT Washington, DC H Street / Benning

Streetcar Line 3 miles,

6 stations

March SunRail Orlando, Florida Phase I Deland to Poinciana

29.5 miles, 12 stations

End of March

Washington Metropolitan Transit

Authority Washington, DC

Silver Line Phase I

East Falls Church to Wiehle-Reston East


Spring

City of Atlanta / Atlanta Downtown

Improvement Project / MARTA

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Streetcar

Project 2.7 miles

12 stations

Spring Edmonton Transit Edmonton,

Alberta North

Churchill to Nait 1.5 miles, 3 stations

Mid-year MTA Houston Houston, Texas Southeast (Purple) Convention Dist. to Palm Center


Mid-year MTA Houston Houston, Texas East End (Green) Convention Dist. to Magnolia Park


Summer Sun Tran Tucson, Arizona Downtown-University

3.9 miles 19 stations

September Bay Area Rapid Transit San Francisco,

California Oakland Airport

Connector Coliseum to Airport

3.2 miles

Fall Calgary Transit Calgary, Alberta Northwest LRT Crowfoot to Tuscany

1.5 miles 1 station

Fall Massachusetts Bay

Transportation Authority Boston,

Massachusetts Orange

Assembly Square (Fill-in Station)

December Dallas Area Rapid

Transit Dallas, Texas

Orange Line Phase II

Belt line to DFW Airport 4.7 miles, 1 stations

Late Dallas Area Regional

Transit (Oak Cliff Streetcar)

Dallas, Texas Dallas Union Station

to Oak Cliff 1.5 miles, 4 stations

? Metro Transit Minneapolis /

St. Paul Green Line

Downtown to Downtown 11 miles, 18 stations

? Agence metropolitaine

de Transport Montreal, Quebec

Train De L’Est Central Station to Mascouche 32 miles, 10 stations

- January 2014 - - -

Prices Realized From The Tenth Robert R. Kelley Token Auction

1 No Bid 39 5.00 77 No Bid 115 15.00 153 10.00 191 No Bid 229 No Bid 267 No Bid

2 No Bid 40 4.00 78 No Bid 116 4.00 154 No Bid 192 4.00 230 No Bid 268 No Bid

3 2.00 41 5.00 79 No Bid 117 10.00 155 No Bid 193 No Bid 231 5.00 269 No Bid

4 1.00 42 4.00 80 No Bid 118 66.00 156 4.00 194 No Bid 232 No Bid 270 No Bid

5 3.00 43 3.36 81 No Bid 119 2.00 157 3.00 195 No Bid 233 No Bid 271 4.05

6 No Bid 44 2.00 82 No Bid 120 165.00 158 No Bid 196 4.00 234 No Bid 272 4.50

7 No Bid 45 3.00 83 21.85 121 561.00 159 No Bid 197 1.01 235 No Bid 273 No Bid

8 No Bid 46 5.00 84 No Bid 122 No Bid 160 No Bid 198 No Bid 236 No Bid 274 No Bid

9 2.25 47 5.15 85 No Bid 123 No Bid 161 No Bid 199 No Bid 237 1.00 275 Error

10 Error 48 5.67 86 No Bid 124 No Bid 162 No Bid 200 No Bid 238 150.00 276 6.10

11 4.57 49 5.67 87 No Bid 125 No Bid 163 No Bid 201 4.10 239 No Bid 277 No Bid

12 1.36 50 4.15 88 No Bid 126 57.32 164 20.00 202 13.00 240 No Bid 278 5.00

13 4.57 51 No Bid 89 No Bid 127 4.00 165 No Bid 203 4.40 241 No Bid 279 1.06

14 No Bid 52 23.10 90 No Bid 128 No Bid 166 4.00 204 No Bid 242 No Bid 280 No Bid

15 No Bid 53 38.50 91 No Bid 129 3.00 167 4.00 205 22.00 243 No Bid 281 No Bid

16 No Bid 54 38.50 92 No Bid 130 8.00 168 4.00 206 No Bid 244 No Bid 282 No Bid

17 1.00 55 38.50 93 No Bid 131 No Bid 169 4.00 207 No Bid 245 2.00 283 No Bid

18 No Bid 56 No Bid 94 No Bid 132 3.00 170 4.50 208 3.00 246 No Bid 284 37.11

19 No Bid 57 5.00 95 No Bid 133 11.00 171 No Bid 209 6.66 247 No Bid 285 No Bid

20 4.57 58 20.00 96 No Bid 134 2.66 172 8.25 210 5.00 248 No Bid 286 1.00

21 4.95 59 No Bid 97 Error 135 5.75 173 5.00 211 8.25 249 No Bid 287 40.82

22 No Bid 60 No Bid 98 No Bid 136 No Bid 174 4.00 212 1.00 250 No Bid 288 No Bid

23 No Bid 61 11.01 99 No Bid 137 No Bid 175 No Bid 213 No Bid 251 1.36 289 3.50

24 No Bid 62 No Bid 100 No Bid 138 175.00 176 No Bid 214 1.16 252 No Bid 290 No Bid

25 No Bid 63 30.92 101 No Bid 139 No Bid 177 1.36 215 2.00 253 1.66 291 No Bid

26 1.36 64 17.72 102 33.00 140 No Bid 178 No Bid 216 10.00 254 1.66 292 No Bid

27 4.00 65 5.15 103 5.00 141 No Bid 179 No Bid 217 No Bid 255 No Bid 293 No Bid

28 4.00 66 16.50 104 No Bid 142 No Bid 180 No Bid 218 2.00 256 5.00 294 No Bid

29 8.00 67 No Bid 105 No Bid 143 No Bid 181 No Bid 219 5.00 257 No Bid 295 No Bid

30 No Bid 68 No Bid 106 No Bid 144 No Bid 182 No Bid 220 No Bid 258 2.66 296 No Bid

31 72.72 69 8.00 107 No Bid 145 No Bid 183 No Bid 221 1.36 259 No Bid 297 5.25

32 4.00 70 3.00 108 4.00 146 No Bid 184 4.00 222 No Bid 260 10.00 298 5.00

33 4.00 71 4.00 109 No Bid 147 No Bid 185 No Bid 223 6.00 261 15.79 299 4.00

34 10.00 72 4.40 110 No Bid 148 No Bid 186 No Bid 224 No Bid 262 4.00 300 No Bid

35 2.00 73 4.00 111 3.00 149 8.00 187 No Bid 225 No Bid 263 No Bid

36 No Bid 74 6.66 112 11.00 150 No Bid 188 11.55 226 10.78 264 No Bid

37 No Bid 75 No Bid 113 No Bid 151 No Bid 189 4.00 227 10.01 265 3.00

38 No Bid 76 No Bid 114 No Bid 152 No Bid 190 No Bid 228 No Bid 266 No Bid

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FARE BOX ~ BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE

Advertising Manager: Tom Wallace ~ 105 Garden Lane ~ Winlock, WA 98596 ~ (360) 785.3245 ~ [email protected] ... Your ads should be no longer than 4 lines of size 12 Bold font… Larger ads must be sent to The Fare Box Editor. Your ad must contain your name & address with zip code. List your phone & email address if you want. NOTE: I’m now accepting more than one ad per member per month. Please! Only ads relating to items in the American Vecturist Association publications will be printed. #20 Car Wash Generic or Stock Car Wash Tokens. 75 different tokens $63.50. 40 different generic or stock parking tokens $32.50 or both for $90.00. Walter Wyzujak – 1508 Christina Street – Rockford, IL 61104-4709 Email: [email protected] #20 Car Wash A great selection remains of ‘a bit older’ Carwash Tokens all priced at below Catalog. Any amount or assorted Lots at $25, $50, $75 or $100 lots. (Any dupes would be gratis) No shipping on larger orders. List via email or #10 SASE. No phone calls please. Louis Lockwood – 10420 Sugardale ST. – Harrison, OH 45030-1734 #35 For Sale AK 450-L (Ketchikan; Cat $10.00), and MD 60-Im (Baltimore; Cat $7.50) For sale at catalog values plus actual postage cost. Lou Salerno – 75 Golden Oak Drive. Portola Valley, CA 94028-7909. Email: [email protected] #35 For Sale 568 tokens with CV of $1174.70 for sale for $1000, great for your collection or trader stock. 562 catalog for $1 and up. Estate sale cleanup. Email: [email protected] Keith Haney – 11 Sunset Circle – Wimberley, TX 78676-2114 #35 For Sale I collect AVA Personal Token “Mirrors”. I’m interested in Buying, Selling or Trading to further my collection. If interested please let me know. Tom Wallace – 105 Garden Lane – Winlock, WA 98596 – 360-785-3245 – Email: [email protected] #35 For Sale IA 110-A - $50.00, IA 640-P - $85.00, MN 540-B - $75.00, NE 700-A - $100.00. All postpaid. James Vander Helm – 18618 Birch Ave – Akron, IA – 51001-8827 #35 For Sale PA 725-Db Oil City Foot Passenger, thin planchet, weaker strike on one Side, list $10, sale $7 postpaid or trade for any of the $5 tokens in my other ads. Thanks Vincent Contessa – 9529 Sarasota Drive – Knoxville, TN – 37923 [email protected] – 865-690-9429 #45 Miscellaneous Real time news and color photos of historic and new tokens of the world. You’re invited to join Facebook Group TRANSPORTATION TOKEN COLLECTORS on the internet. Completely FREE of course. Recent posts include Nurnberg tramways, Shanghai ferries, Nassau Bus Lines (NY), Rio de Janeiro buses, new info on old Vyborg (Finland/Russia) bus tokens and a new issue from Linkoping, Sweden .. CU there, Yosef Sa’ar, honorary AVA life member #70 Wanted Two AVA Convention Tokens – 1964 Harrisburg # PA 445-C and 1969 Philadelphia # PA 750-AU – Tom Wallace – 105 Garden Lane – Winlock, WA 98596 – 360-785-3245 – Email: [email protected] #70 Wanted Do you have either of these Puerto Rico Tokens? PR 640-S, PR 998-B Thanks – Vincent Contessa – 9529 Sarasota Drive – Knoxville, TN – 37923 [email protected] – 865-690-9429 #70 Wanted Looking for this token from the new supplement, NY 285-F Nassau County Social Services, Thank you, Vincent Contessa – 9529 Sarasota Drive – Knoxville, TN – 37923 Email: [email protected] – 865-690-9429 #70 Wanted VT Sofspra Carwash tokens from Brattleboro, Burlington, Middlebury, Northfield, and St. Johnsbury paying well for them. Bob Nolan ~ 3932 Brighton Road ~ Pittsburgh, PA 15212-1508 ~ Email: [email protected]

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VOLUME 68, NUMBER 2 FEBRUARY 2014 OUR 800TH ISSUE - -

2014 AVA Annual Convention: Sacramento, CA

Our 2014 Annual Convention will be held at the Holiday Inn in Old Sacramento from July 31 through August

3. Like last year, Thursday, July 31st , will be a Board Meeting. Any and all who wish to attend are welcome. That

evening, we have been invited to a barbeque, by Chris and Iris Donovan, at their home at 3008 Mt. Baldy Drive,

Roseville CA 95747-7137 (a short distance from Sacramento – more details about that later).

Friday, August 1st we will bourse until about 5:30 PM, then prepare for the Banquet, at the hotel, which will

probably begin at 6:30 with a cash bar, then dinner at 7:00. Saturday, we will hold our annual Token Auction until

Noon, then off to the Transportation Museum and Train Ride. When that is done, those who wish, may attend an

evening at the Suspects Dinner Theater (a comedy/murder mystery), which is held aboard the Delta King river boat,

very near our hotel. That is not included in our convention package, but if you wish to attend, the cost is $46.37

per person (a group rate - including tax and gratuity) (please include the additional necessary amount when paying

your convention fee).

Our Annual Business meeting will begin at 9 AM on Sunday morning, and when completed, we will go to a

bunch not yet determined.

Because of the Meeting Room Rental fees, and the applicable taxes, this year’s convention fee is $125 –

sorry for that folks, but between the banquet and the meeting rooms, we are well over $100 just for that. Now for

the good news – our hotel room rate is $99 for single or double occupancy. Parking, which was to be $16/day, has

been reduced to $8/day. If you wish to come early, our rate will be guaranteed at that price. If you wish to stay

late (up to three days), you must tell the hotel that when you register – they have a large convention checking in

immediately after ours, but we were promised four extended rooms – if you want one, register early and tell them!

Remember to mention the AVA when calling the hotel to get the reduced rate. The Holiday Inn can be reached at:

916-446-0100.

Send the convention fee (plus $43.37 if you wish to attend the Suspects Dinner Theater), to me:

Joel J. Reznick, 1591 Monarch Drive, Venice FL 34293-0302

Thanks, The Head Frog

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CAROUSEL TOKENS

An intriguing question occurred to me about eight or ten years ago, when I discovered a carousel token that was not listed in the Atwood-Coffee catalog, nor in any of the supplementary notes in the Fare Box. Unfortunately, I’ve long forgotten which token this might have been, but at the time, I did confirm that it was indeed in use as a “good for a ride” token, even though there was no inscription on the token that might have confirmed its use.

I reported it to AVA, but was told that it would NOT be listed because there was text on the token that confirmed it was a “good for”. However, I was able to determine that it was indeed a “good for” token, having contacted the location by telephone and spoken with the appropriate office.

Since it was indeed a “good for” carousel token, shouldn’t it be listed in our catalog? Viewed overall, one can categorize modern carousel tokens into three distinctive classes:

Class I: Tokens inscribed with text that states their use for a ride, as the numerous examples from Missoula MT, each inscribed “ride token”.

Class II: Tokens with a “good for” text, but can be confirmed as a ride token by contact with the carousel operator or other sources.

Class III: Tokens that are NOT used as ride tokens, including tokens that may be used as ride tokens but for which ample evidence is lacking.

So what are your opinions?

And is there anyone out there composing a general list of all carousel tokens?

My personal preference is that we should include all items of Classes I and II in the AVA catalog, and would hope that somewhat would keep a record of Class III for present and future requests.

Stephen Album, AVA-472

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= SUPPLEMENT #24 TO THE 7th EDITION PARKING TOKEN CATALOGUE = *********************************************************

NEW YORK-3780 (All 4 reported by RIK) (AS D OBV)

Q o WM 25 Sd (as F rev) 2.00

R o WM 25 Sd (as C obv) 2.00

K / Kodak (incuse)

S o SS 25 Sd (blank) 2.00

(AS Da)

T o Bz 25 Sd (as D) 2.00

PTMS GROUP-3033 PARKING / METER (parking meter) (WM pltd)

L B 27 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / M (in a circle) 1.00

GROUP-3080 (All reported by J Kent) PARKING / TOKEN (auto)

BC B 24 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / M (in a circle) 1.00

PARKING / HM / TOKEN (auto)

BD WM 25 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / HM 1.00


BE Bz 23 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / HM 1.00


BF B 23 Sd NO CASH VALUE / HH / NO CASH VALUE (eagle on branch) 1.00

PARKING / RWM / TOKEN (auto)

BG WM 22 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE 1.00

PARKING / TOKEN (auto)

BH K 23 Sd (blank) (eagle on branch) 1.00

GROUP-3093 DRIVE / PARKING / TOKEN / SAFELY

K B 25 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE 1.00

PTNO-3777 V W 38 Sd (Formerly PTUN-3216) LIBERTY / GARAGE / (number) (all incuse)

W Bz 26 Sd (blank)

(it is believe this piece was used to identify the

stall for a specific auto in San Francisco)

ITALY VIGEVANO-3900 LA CENTRALE / PARCHEGGI (logo)

A Bz 28 Sd PARCHEGGI / P / VIGEVANO 2.00

GERMANY BERLIN-3073 (AS F)

G WM 27 Ch Fachbereich / Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2.00

WIRD NUR GEGEN RUCKGABE DIESER MARKE AUSGELIEFERT / (number) / Berlin / Putlitztr (incuse) / 1 Fahrrad

H o Z 40 Pc (blank) 5.00


PTUN-3216: correct to: PTNO-3777-V. PTMS-3097-D: add (vars)

(O:)

a. (is plain & G has no serif)

b. (has denticles & G has no serif)

= PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO = ************************************

The Barringer Hotel was located in Charlotte, NC. The token was an advertising piece.

= J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 = ************************************************

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TRANSPORTATION TOKEN COLLECTING IN THE 1960's

By John Coffee

(Reprinted from April 1999 Fare Box)

The 1960's were the Golden Age of transportation token collecting.

Membership in the AVA increased enormously, and the number of old tokens

added to the catalogue was prodigious.

The decade began propitiously--for Hal Ford and I at any rate--when

we persuaded Roland C. Atwood to sell us his magnificent U.S. Collection.

Roland was on one of his many travels, and he spent a few nights on the

couch in my little one room apartment in Brookline. I drove him around

helping him acquire what was then his new hobby interest, match covers.

All this time I was trying to persuade him to sell his collection. When

I got him a matchbook from the Harvard Faculty Club he was so delighted

he said "OK, I'll sell you the collection." That was fine, except that

now I had to find some money to buy it with. I borrowed most of it, and

Hal Ford went in with me and bought 75% of it, inasmuch as all I could

afford was a fourth of it. Later Hal drove down to Santa Monica and

picked up the collection and then Hal and I divided it up in Hal's living

room in Berkeley in July, 1961. We took turns. I remember I won toss

for first choice: PA 750 J. I have never regretted that choice, inasmuch

as one of them sold for $5,000 a few years ago.

One reason there were so many new discoveries of old tokens is that

several people began advertising in small local newspapers, extensively.

Perhaps the most prolific of these was Marie Johnson, a delightful and

very dignified lady who resided in Michigan. My first communication with

her was when she offered me a MI 680 B for $7.50, which was its then

catalogue value. Needless to say the sale was made. She learned fast.

And over the next several years she managed to unearth literally dozens

of rare tokens. She began selling them to me at $25 apiece, then $50.

which were stiff prices then, but fair ones. I added many of my best

tokens from Marie who, I believe, enjoyed the chase more than the find.

So often she would call, breathlessly, to tell me she had found "an

unlisted token from such and such, inscribed such and such, and it's

yours for $50." She was a sharp trader, but always a fair one to me, I

met her in person on several occasions.

It was a golden time to collect transportation tokens. Plenty of

nice old ones were still around, and opportunities for fun abounded.

In 1964 I drove my huge 1960 Lincoln across the country, staying with

Dan DiMichael and Bill & Corinne Black in Pennsylvania along the way,

of course. At Mount Carmel, IL, I signaled for the Fifth Street Ferry

to come over to Illinois from Indiana. I was afraid to put the Lincoln

on the little ferry so I walked on and rode over and back across the

Wabash River, the only passenger. The ferry man told me the owner

lived "in that house up on the hill," so I went up and visited John

Wellerman. No tokens were in use on the 5th Street Ferry, but he had

several of IL 600 B and C that he let me had at 50¢ apiece. He also

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owned the Webb Ferry at Grayville, where the ugly IL 370 B was in use.

I bought a few, and he then said he'd like a nicer looking token. I

offered to share the cost of making them, and suggested he had a nicer

one for the 5th Street as well. We split the cost, and I got enough of

IL 370 C and 600 D for our New Issue service as well. Later I phoned

him and he said he needed more tokens for the Web Ferry, and that is

why we have IL 370 D. Both ferries have long since ceased to operate.

On the way east the same summer I stopped in Muscatine, IA, and found a

man who had worked on the Muscatine Bridge (which I drove across the

next morning). It was amazing how friendly midwesterners would invite

a total stranger into their house without hesitation. On this occasion

he let me have one IA 640 M in swap for a Kennedy half dollar, but

later that year he sold me his complete collection of all major & minor

die varieties of the Muscatine Bridge tokens, one of which (IA 640 Q)

had been unknown to us. I recall I gave him $20 for each of them, a

good stiff price at the time. East from there, I stopped at Galesburg,

IL, and visited oldtime member Chuck Lipsky, who sold me IL 820 A and

PA 73 A for $25 apiece.

Conventions were good sources for tokens, then as now. Indeed, I

obtained some great tokens at A.N.A. conventions. At the ANA Boston

convention in 1960 Max Schwartz showed me PA 750 AT, previously

unknown. I had to have one. So I took the train all the way to New

York, changed to one for Philadelphia, and then a long trolley ride out

to the company office. Their response to my letter a couple of weeks

earlier was a flat NO! But in person I knew my persuasive personality

would triumph. The official who received my letter relented, showed me

the bill for making the 500 tokens (about 75¢ apiece) and said he'd

sell them to me for $1 each, and to any collector who would write in.

I bought five, and published the information in The Fare Box. His

supply quickly disappeared of course. At a dollar each.

In 1966 I was one of three finalists for the post of Executive

Director of the American Numismatic Association, ANA. They paid my

fare from Tucoma to Chicago and I had an interview with the Board who--

I thank my lucky stars now--turned me down flat. That fall I began my

career as a history professor, and my life changed for the better.

Meanwhile on the bourse floor at Chicago I bought NJ 390 D and PA 750 Q

for $20 apiece. the 750 Q is still census-2 and one of the prizes of

my collection. So in spite of the ANA turndown, that event was

gloriously successful.

It was in the 1960's we decided to issue tour tokens for the AVA

conventions, the first one for our 1962 Seattle convention. I

suggested to Clarence Heppner, the convention chairman, that he use a

token on the new monorail. But the powers that be turned that down.

So we issued a token for a bus tour. We have had a total of 38

convention tour tokens so far, plus one extra for Bob Ritterband's big

1966 Disneyland Convention. For our 1968 convention at Oakland, we

rode every inch of streetcar line from San Francisco, and Duane Feisel,

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the convention chairman had 1,000 tokens made for that tour, thereby

creating the commonest of all AVA convention tokens.

In 1969 I decided to drive my 1962 Lincoln Continental across the

country. It was a delightful trip, but I hardly picked up any tokens.

Did have a nice visit in Maryville, MO, seeking a MO 580 A which had

just been reported. I stayed in a dreadful little hotel ($2.50 a

night) over the Trailways Bus depot. But I was there to scout the

town. I visited the local newspaper office and the editor promised to

publish an article about the token if I'd write it. I visited a

fascinating old drugstore presided over by a 100 -year-old pharmacist

who was a fountain of information. "I remember that old Perry-Carter

hack rattling right down this street." he told me. The drugstore

itself was like a museum, with ancient vending machines, and a

magnificent glass-fronted mahogany cigar case. "They gave me the case

when I bought the cigars," he said, "back in 1912." He added, "never

sold but one of those five-dollar ones, though, and that was to an old

man [I forget the name] who lit it up, and then went home and shot

himself." I didn't get a 580A on that trip, but not long after that I

swapped one out of J.L. Hargett.

I picked up Ralph Freiberg in Oklahoma City and we drove to

Durango, CO, and researched CO 280 A in the public library. Rode the

Durango-Silverton train and spend three days in town. Never did find a

token, but finally got the history of the token, we learned, was used

for less than a year, back in 1920, and that's why it's so rare.

Every summer I'd spend a couple of weeks staying with Hal Ford in

the Bay Area, with gatherings at Ralph Freiberg's house of myself, John

Nicolosi, Hal Ford, and often some others as well. Over cookies and

ice cream and cokes we'd go over the year's cataloging problems, and

then take side trips: up Mt. Tamalpais, up to Fort Bragg to ride the

Super Skunk from Willits to Fort Bragg with Duane Feisel. Over to the

Mother Lode country, down to Carmel.

Summer of 1969 in Tacoma I began typing the copy of the huge Third

Edition of Atwood's Catalogue which we published the following spring.

We printed 3,500 copies, and that big book really gave our hobby an

impetus as we entered the next decade. The sixties were an exciting

time to be alive, and young, and a token collector.

New Members

3453, Leo Schiltz, 196 Crestview Lane, Dyer, IN, USA, 46311-4610, 219-322-5196, [email protected], 65, Retired, collects All

3454, David Spence, 1200 Canyon Maple Road, Pflugerville, TX, USA, 78660-5816, 512-574-9766, [email protected], 46, Project Manager, collects US TTs 3455, Kevin Akin, 20212 Harvard Way, Riverside, CA, USA, 92507-6621, 951-787-0318, [email protected], 63, Retired Steam Engineer, collects All 3456, Jim Butcher, 19271 King James Parkway, Lexington Park, MD, USA, 20653-3626, 240-538-3291, [email protected], 38, Aircraft Engineer, collects All 3457, Jens Weynans, Südstrasse 27, 47798 Krefeld, Germany, 49-2151-771057, [email protected], 46,

collects Foreign Tokens

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NY360D, My Most Valuable Transit Token

I am Vincent Contessa, a member of the AVA since 2006. I met Dennis Poland in 2004 at the Knoxville, TN Coin Show, and I was surprised to find out that there was a transit token club and token publications. You see my family has a long association with mass transportation in the New York metropolitan area. My grandfather Vincenzo was a trolley conductor in 1905 and his brother Jack a mechanic for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. My uncle drove for Green Bus Lines (NY631R), and a first cousin drove for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) (NY630AS). But my real interest in tokens grew in the mid-1960s because of my parents association with the Jerusalem Avenue Bus Company (NY360B, C, D). The Jerusalem Avenue Bus Company is listed in Atwood-Coffee as Hempstead, NY, and that was where the Nassau County main bus terminal was located. But the actual company yard and offices were at the corner of Jerusalem Avenue and William Street in Merrick, Long Island, the town where I grew up. The company provided line bus service to the Hempstead and Roosevelt Field Shopping Centers in the days before MTA bus consolidation. Clarence and Anne Geiger owned Jerusalem Avenue Line, as well as HARRAN Transportation. HARRAN had the yellow school bus contracts for many of the neighboring school districts, and still operates today running Long Island charters and service to Atlantic City. My mom was secretary to Mr. Geiger, and I helped my dad clean the Jerusalem Avenue Bus Line offices at night. Growing up, Mr. Geiger let me look through the pennies that came off the buses, and I had occasionally seen both NY 360B (16mm) and 360C (23mm) in ashtrays and around in the driver’s lounge. By the 1960s, I knew that they were already long obsolete. In 1968 I was 14 and had a NY 360C in my pocket and handed it to the driver after a day’s Christmas shopping in Hempstead. He looked at it and asked “Whea dja get dis?” and I told him my mom was Dolores the secretary. He gave me the token back, and dropped me off in front of my door. But to my surprise, there was one Jerusalem Avenue Bus token that I never saw and never knew existed. When I met Dennis at the show, he shared his 5th edition of the Atwood-Coffee catalogue with me and I first read about NY 360D, 23mm and white metal. It brought me back to thinking about my parents, Vincent and Dolores, my hometown Merrick, and the many kind drivers that encouraged me in coin collecting in the 1960s. I quickly found an example of NY360D, and even though it only lists for a dollar, it is family history in my hand. It is my most valuable token!

I Wanted To Join the Navy But Ended Up In the A.V.A. By John Dunlap AVA #2022

As a young boy I remember that I read many stories of sea adventures. I imagine my desire to be in the navy was born during these years. In high school there were talks with a classmate about joining the navy together upon graduation. Instead I went to college. But in the summer after my Junior Year I presented myself to the Navy for enlistment with active duty to begin upon graduation. I didn't get past the physical! A sports incurred knee injury eliminated my consideration. Next year my student deferment was rescinded the day before graduation. The following Tuesday I was drafted. The knee didn't seem to be a problem for the army doctor. His only question was, "can you bend down?” The "Bay of Pigs" and the building of the Berlin Wall may have had some bearing on the matter. A month later I began my two-year 'enlistment'. Fast-forward 20 years. I was now married with two daughters, ages 14 and 10. Some Thoughts of the future need for college money entered my mind along with the thought of joining the Naval Reserves as a way to acquire extra money and to fulfill my lifelong dream of being in the Navy. I was at the Naval Reserve Station as scheduled for an 8 A.M. physical. The doctor's arrival was delayed until 10 'clock...then until noon, and with another delay until 2 P.M. Memories of the "Hurry up and wait" syndrome from my Army days came to mind.....so I got up and walked out! On the way home I stopped at a flea market and saw my first TT. Actually an ashtray filled with 113 of them! I traded a pocket watch for the tokens and ended up in the A.V.A. I've been a member for 31 plus years. P. S. Both of my brothers served in the Navy.

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11th Auction of Tokens from The Robert R. Kelley Collection

3. PLEASE bid by LOT # ONLY.

Varieties listed are from the Godsoe Varieties Catalog

1. NY 905 Oa 51. NC 290 B 101. NC 950 B 151. OH 35 B 201. OH 175 B tn 251. OH 380 G2. NY 905 Ob 52. NC 290 C 102. NC 980 A 152. OH 35 C 202. *OH 175 F 252. OH 385 E3. NY 905 P 53. NC 290 D 103. NC 980 B 153. OH 35 F 203. OH 175 T tk 253. OH 385 F4. NY 905 Q 54. NC 360 B 104. NC 980 Ca 154. OH 35 G 204. OH 175 W 254. OH 425 A5. NY 905 R 55. NC 360 C 105. NC 980 E 155. OH 60 A 205. #OH 175 Xa 255. OH 425 B6. NY 905 S 56. NC 360 D 106. NC 980 F 156. OH 80 A 206. OH 175 Y 256. OH 425 D7. NY 905 T 57. NC 380 B 107. NC 980 G 157. OH 80 B 207. #OH 175 Zb 257. OH 425 F8. NY 935 B 58. NC 380 C 108. NC 1000 A 158. OH 85 C 208. OH 175 AA b 258. OH 435 A9. NY 945 A 59. NC 380 D 109. NC 1000 B 159. OH 85 D 209. OH 175 AF 259. OH 435 Db

10. NY 945 B 60. NC 380 E 110. ND 60 C 160. OH 95 Ab 210. OH 200 Aa 260. ÔH440 Ap11. NY 945 Ca 61. NC 440 D 111. ND 60 D 161. OH 100 A 211. OH 200 B 261. ÔH 440 Bd12. NY 945 Dg 62. NC 440 E 112. ND 260 Bb 162. OH 115 A 212. OH 200 C 262. ÔH 440 Ci13. NY 945 Dh 63. NC 450 A 113. ND 260 C 163. OH 115 C 213. OH 210 C 263. *ÔH 440 Df14. NY 945 F 64. NC 450 B 114. ND 260 J 164. OH 125 Ag 214. OH 210 D 264. ÔH 440 El15. NY 955 Aa 65. NC 450 C 115. ND 260 L 165. OH 125 Ba 215. OH 210 E 265. OH 440 F16. NY 955 B 66. NC 450 Da 116. ND 260 O 166. OH 125 C 216. OH 225 A 266. OH 440 G17. NY 980 A 67. NC 450 E 117. ND 260 P 167. OH 125 D 217. OH 225 B 267. OH 440 H18. NY 980 B 68. NC 470 A 118. ND 320 Aa 168. OH 125 E 218. OH 230 D 268. OH 440 I19. NY 980 C 69. NC 475 A 119. ND 320 Bb 169. OH 125 F 219. OH 230 E 269. OH 440 Jb20. NY 995 B 70. NC 475 B 120. ND 320 D 170. OH 125 G 220. )OH 230 G 270. OH 440 Ka21 NY 995 C 71. NC 480 A 121. ND 440 A 171. OH 125 J 221. OH 230 H 271. OH 440 Kb22. NY 1000 A 72. NC 480 B 122. ND 440 Ba 172. OH 160 A 222. OH 230 I 272. OH 440 L23. NY 1000 D 73. NC 615 Ba 123. ND 600 B 173. OH 160 B 223. OH 230 J 273. OH 440 M24. NY 1000 E 74. NC 615 Bb 124. ND 600 E 174. OH 160 C 224. OH 230 M 274. OH 440 N25. NC 20 A 75. NC 625 A 125. ND 600 F 175. OH 160 D 225. OH 230 N 275. OH 440 O26. NC 30 C 76. NC 630 A 126. ND 620 A 176. OH 160 Ea 226. OH 230 O 276. OH 440 P27. NC 30 D 77. NC 660 Ab 127. ND 900 A 177. OH 165 D 227. OH 230 P 277. OH 450 D28. NC 40 B 78. NC 660 C 128. ND 900 B 178. OH 165 G 228. ÒH 230 Q 278. OH 455 A29. NC 130 A 79. NC 670 A 129. ND 900 C 179. OH 165 Hb 229. OH 230 R 279. OH 465 D30. NC 130 Bb 80. NC 680 B 130. OH 10 Aa 180. OH 165 L 230. OH 230 S 280. OH 475 A31. NC 160 A 81. NC 680 C 131. OH 10 B tk 181. OH 165 M 231. OH 230 T 281. OH 475 B32. NC 160 E 82. NC 690 A 132. OH 10 C 182. OH 165 N 232. OH 230 U 282. OH 475 C33. NC 160 F 83. NC 690 C 133. OH 10 D 183. OH 165 O 233. OH 230 V 283. OH 475 D-5234. NC 160 G 84. NC 690 D 134. OH 10 E 184. OH 165 P 234. OH 230 W 284. OH 475 H35. NC 160 H 85. NC 690 E 135. OH 10 F 185. OH 165 Q 235. OH 230 Y 285. OH 475 I36. NC 160 I 86. NC 700 A 136. OH 10 H 186. OH 165 Ra 236. OH 230 Z 286. OH 475 N37. NC 160 J 87. NC 700 B 137. OH 10 K 187. OH 165 T 237. OH 230 AA 287. OH 505 Ae38. NC 160 K 88. NC 700 Ca 138. OH 10 L 188. OH 165 Ub 238. OH 230 AF 288. OH 505 O39. NC 160 L 89. NC 700 D 139. OH 10 M 189. OH 165 V 239. #OH 230 AG 289. OH 505 P40. NC 160 N 90. NC 700 E 140. OH 10 N 190. OH 165 W 240. OH 230 AH 290. OH 505 Q41. NC 160 O 91. NC 700 F 141. OH 10 T 191. OH 165 Xb 241. OH 230 AK 291. OH 535 D42. NC 160 P 92. NC 700 H 142. OH 10 Y 192. OH 165 Y 242. OH 240 A 292. OH 550 A43. NC 190 A 93. NC 710 A 143. OH 15 A 193. OH 165 AE 243. OH 245 A 293. OH 550 D44. NC 190 B 94. NC 710 B 144. OH 15 B 194. OH 165 AF 244. OH 245 B 294. OH 550 E45. NC 190 C 95. NC 730 A 145. OH 15 E 195. OH 165 AH 245. OH 380 A 295. OH 552 Ba46. NC 190 Da 95. NC 770 B 146. OH 15 F 196. OH 165 Aia 246. OH 380 B 296. OH 552 C47. NC 240 Aa 97. NC 830 A 147. OH 15 G 197. OH 165 J 247. OH 380 C 297. OH 560 A48. NC 265 A tn 98. NC 850 A 148. OH 15 H 198. OH 166 Aa 248. OH 380 D 298. OH 590 A49. NC 265 A tk 99. NC 880 A 149. OH 25 A 199. OH 166 B 249. OH 380 E 299. OH 605 A50. NC 290 A 100. NC 880 B 150. OH 35 A 200. OH 166 G 250. OH 380 F 300. OH 605 B

w minor internal cracks # -pristine ) -rim chip @ 10 o'clock ` -stain on obv @ 7 o'clock ^ -kemper varieties

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1. All bids must be postmarked no later than March, 10 2014 4. Bids over $10 will be reduced to 10% above the

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- February 2014 - - -

Sixth Auction of Tokens from the Charles McKee Collection

1. All bids must be received or postmarked by March 10, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders.

3. Minimum bid is catalogue value in the 6th

Ed. of the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue. 4. Bid bumping allowed until deadline.

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# Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID 1 OH440-E 57 OH975-C 113 OR240-K 169 PA65-D 225 PA305-C 281 PA515-C

2 OH440-F 58 OH990-A 114 OR240-L 170 PA65-K 226 PA305-D 282 PA525-A

3 OH440-G 59 OH995-C 115 OR240-N 171 PA65-N 227 PA315-A 283 PA525-E

4 OH440-H 60 OH1000-K 116 OR340-A 172 PA65-O 228 PA315-B 284 PA525-F

5 OH440-I 61 OH1000-O 117 OR400-E 173 PA65-Q 229 PA315-C 285 PA525-G

6 OH440-J 62 OH1000-P 118 OR400-I 174 PA110-A 230 PA320-A 286 PA525-H

7 OH440-Ka 63 OK20-A 119 OR460-A 175 PA110-D 231 PA325-B 287 PA525-I

8 OH440-Kb 64 OK70-A 120 OR500-A 176 PA110-E 232 PA325-D 288 PA525-J

9 OH440-L 65 OK70-B 121 OR520-A 177 PA110-F 233 PA325-E 289 PA525-K

10 OH440-M 66 OK70-C 122 OR680-B 178 PA110-G 234 PA340-C 290 PA525-L

11 OH440-N 67 OK180-A 123 OR700-E 179 PA115-A 235 PA340-D 291 PA555-A

12 OH440-O 68 OK280-A 124 OR700-P 180 PA125-B 236 PA350-A 292 PA575-B

13 OH440-P 69 OK280-B 125 OR700-Q 181 PA135-A 237 PA360-A 293 PA575-E

14 OH455-A 70 OK280-C 126 OR700-S 182 PA135-B 238 PA360-B 294 PA585-Aa

15 OH465-D 71 OK280-D 127 OR700-Tb 183 PA142-A 239 PA360-C 295 PA585-Ab

16 OH475-D 72 OK320-B 128 OR700-Z 184 PA142-B 240 PA400-B 296 PA595-B

17 OH505-A 73 OK330-Ea 129 OR700-AA 185 PA142-C 241 PA400-C 297 PA605-B

18 OH505-O 74 OK380-A 130 OR760-B 186 PA142-D 242 PA400-D 298 PA605-D

19 OH505-P 75 OK510-A 131 OR760-C 187 PA142-F 243 PA420-A 299 PA605-E

20 OH515-B 76 OK570-A 132 OR800-D 188 PA142-G 244 PA425-C 300 PA605-F

21 OH515-C 77 OK590-B 133 OR800-E 189 PA142-H 245 PA440-A 301 PA605-I

22 OH520-B 78 OK590-C 134 OR800-F 190 PA145-A 246 PA440-C 302 PA615-N

23 OH520-E 79 OK590-D 135 OR820-A 191 PA146-A 247 PA440-E 303 PA630-A

24 OH520-F 80 OK610-B 136 OR820-B 192 PA146-B 248 PA445-A 304 PA630-B

25 OH535-C 81 OK610-C 137 OR850-A 193 PA146-C 249 PA445-B 305 PA630-C

26 OH550-A 82 OK640-A 138 OR880-A 194 PA150-A 250 PA445-C 306 PA645-A

27 OH552-B 83 OK640-G 139 OR880-C 195 PA150-B 251 PA445-D 307 PA650-B

28 OH552-C 84 OK660-A 140 OR970-A 196 PA155-A 252 PA455-A 308 PA650-C

29 OH560-A 85 OK660-B 141 OR970-B 197 PA155-B 253 PA455-E 309 PA655-A

30 OH605-A 86 OK700-C 142 OR970-C 198 PA165-E 254 PA455-G 310 PA675-C

31 OH605-B 87 OK700-E 143 OR998-D 199 PA165-F 255 PA455-H 311 PA675-D

32 OH605-C 88 OK770-C 144 OR998-E 200 PA165-G 256 PA458-A 312 PA705-D

33 OH605-D 89 OK810-A 145 OR998-F 201 PA165-H 257 PA460-A 313 PA720-A

34 OH605-E 90 OK810-B 146 OR998-G 202 PA165-I 258 PA460-B 314 PA723-A

35 OH605-F 91 OK860-B 147 PA10-A 203 PA175-A 259 PA460-C 315 PA725-A

36 OH605-G 92 OK860-J 148 PA10-B 204 PA175-B 260 PA463-A 316 PA725-Bb

37 OH660-F 93 OK860-K 149 PA10-E 205 PA175-D 261 PA465-A 317 PA725-D

38 OH730-G 94 OK860-Q 150 PA10-F 206 PA175-E 262 PA475-A 318 PA725-E

39 OH735-A 95 OK860-R 151 PA15-C 207 PA180-A 263 PA485-A 319 PA725-H

40 OH745-D 96 OK860-S 152 PA15-D 208 PA180-C 264 PA490-A 320 PA725-K

41 OH745-F 97 OK860-T 153 PA15-E 209 PA180-D 265 PA495-A 321 PA745-B

42 OH750-A 98 OK860-U 154 PA15-F 210 PA180-E 266 PA495-G 322 PA745-C

43 OH752-B 99 OK1000-A 155 PA15-K 211 PA180-G 267 PA495-H 323 PA745-D

44 OH845-B 100 OR20-E 156 PA15-L 212 PA180-I 268 PA495-I 324 PA745-E

45 OH850-A 101 OR60-A 157 PA15-M 213 PA195-C 269 PA495-J 325 PA750-G

46 OH860-A 102 OR60-B 158 PA15-O 214 PA195-Gb 270 PA495-K 326 PA750-K

47 OH860-J 103 OR100-A 159 PA20-B 215 PA195-L 271 PA495-L 327 PA750-L

48 OH860-S 104 OR130-D 160 PA20-C 216 PA235-A 272 PA495-N 328 PA750-O

49 OH860-T 105 OR160-B 161 PA20-D 217 PA235-B 273 PA495-P 329 PA750-W

50 OH860-U 106 OR160-C 162 PA25-A 218 PA265-A 274 PA495-Q 330 PA750-X

51 OH870-C 107 OR160-J 163 PA25-B 219 PA293-A 275 PA495-S 331 PA750-Y

52 OH870-D 108 OR160-K 164 PA25-C 220 PA293-B 276 PA495-U 332 PA750-Z

53 OH915-A 109 OR240-A 165 PA25-D 221 PA293-C 277 PA495-AB 333 PA750-AB

54 OH915-F 110 OR240-B 166 PA65-A 222 PA295-A 278 PA495-AD 334 PA750-AJ

55 OH915-G 111 OR240-E 167 PA65-B 223 PA295-C 279 PA495-AF 335 PA750-AK

56 OH975-Aa 112 OR240-G 168 PA65-C 224 PA305-B 280 PA515-B 336 PA750-AN


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#35 For Sale Catalogue of Magnetic Tickets of Moscow Metro. Excellent reference book of Moscow Metro Magnetic Tickets used in 1994-2012. Printed in 2013 in color, Moscow Russia. For details please contact Andrei Petrov – 29 Palisades Pkwy – Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Email: [email protected]

#35 For Sale 25 different transit, car wash & tax tokens - $7.50 plus Postage – Ben Mammina 216 Hampton Rd Benton Harbor, MI 49022 1-269-925-0973 Email: [email protected]

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VOLUME 68, NUMBER 3 MARCH 2014 OUR 801ST ISSUE - -

Dear Vecturists. The board of The American Vecturist Association has worked on a lot of projects since the passing of John Coffee.

These include new board positions, a supplement, a web site, possible electronic Fare Box, finding members to

volunteer for different positions, an Auxiliary for spouses, open Board Meetings and much more. John Coffee made the statement, “He who does the work, makes the rules.” The next Convention plans on taking on 2 new projects. The first, is to answer how to determine if a token should

be listed in our catalog. There are members that believe only tokens issued by a transit authority should be listed.

Others do not want Carousel tokens or Zoo train tokens listed. On the opposite side, there are members that

believe that any token used for any kind of a ride should be listed. You can have some input by sending me a letter

or email. You can have a lot more input by attending the Convention and listening to the board discuss the options

and voicing your opinion at the General meeting where we will hopefully have a vote on the topic. The second topic is going to be if we should make any changes to our catalog. There are some errors in the catalog

that should be fixed. There are also members that believe there are some inconsistencies in the catalog, especially

when it comes to describing varieties. Some would like the token ID section improved. Others believe that prices

are off on some tokens. Especially 25c tokens that nobody can find. There are those that believe the 25c minimum

price of transportation tokens should be increased. Once again, your input is valued and either let me know your

opinion ahead of time or please attend the Convention to voice your input. Finally, the AVA can use some more volunteers. If you have the time to help out, please let any board member

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RE: CAROUSEL TOKENS Stephen Album's op-ed in the February 2014 Fare Box asks for opinions on the subject. I suggest that all carousel token listings be removed from the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue, and that a supplemental catalog for carousel tokens be issued. This has been done for parking and car wash tokens. Mr. Album has presented good ideas for the organization of such a carousel token catalog. Consider, the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue is a listing of transportation tokens, not parking, not car wash, not carousel: The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation Tokens. Carousel tokens fall under the general category of amusement tokens, and, like Ferris wheels, zoo-choos and other rides, go nowhere in circles. "Transportation" implies going somewhere for a purpose, not just amusement. I believe that removing such items from the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue will sharpen its focus and make it an even better reference. Sincerely, -Mike Tuggle- AVA 3184

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- March 2014 - - -

MARCH SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE

By Harold V. Ford

ALASKA

Cooper Landing 190 (Reported by John Byars)

WILDMAN'S/(MAN SALUTING)

E o Pr 29 Sd Good For/$1.00/Shuttle Token (gold printing) 1.00

COLORADO

Burlington 110 (Reported by Ron Shearer)

KIT CARSON COUNTY/CAROUSEL/(CAROUSEL TOKEN)

N We 39 Sd Good For One Ride/Philadelphia Toboggan Company/PTC(logo) .50

IDAHO

Lewiston 440 (Reported by John Byers)

LEWISTON/FIXED/ROUTE ONLY

N Pr 29 Sd Good For/One/Bus Fare (white printing) 1.00

PENNNSYLVANIA

Pittsburgh 765 (Reported by J.H. Caricofe)

43rd. ST./BRIDGE/2

AN o B 23 Sd W.A. Bunting/Pittsburgh/-PA- 250.00

ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS

NY 120 A Note below listing (BIMIE should have read BIRNIE)

NY 312 A obverse should be COLDEN, not GOLDEN

Wildman's is a Convenience Store near Cooper Landing on Alaska's Kenai

Peninsula. I am told this token is now obsolete, but was informed that

Wildman's operated a boat shuttle and taxi at one time. The color of

this token is red towards purple. The NIS is working on this one.

The Colorado carousel token was issued last year and Ron Shearer made

arrangements for the NIS to handle this one. The carousel operates from

Memorial Day to Labor Day, 11am to 6pm.

The Lewiston, ID listing is used within the city. Riders don't have to

catch the bus at designated stops. Riders may be standing along a bus

route, and simply "flag" by waving the driver. Riders must be in a place

where the bus can safely pull over. Due to a short supply, the NIS may

not be able to handle this listing.

I have heard that this Pennsylvania token has been rumored to exist. Now

we have a listing since J. H. Caricofe sent a picture of his recent

discovery.

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TEXAS (Reported by J Kent) GALVESTON-3360

UTMB (WM plated)

F B 20 Sd PARKING / TOKEN (auto) 2.00

VERMONT (Reported by B Nolan)

WINOOSKI-3900 CITY OF WINOOSKI / PARKING / GARAGE / TOKEN / VALUE 4 HOURS

NO CASH VALUE

A B 23 Sd M (in a circle) 2.00

PTMS-3033 (Reported by J Kent)

PARKING / TD / TOKEN (parking meter)

M B 25 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / RWM 1.00

PTMS-3052 (Reported by J Kent) PARCOA / TOKEN (gate)(rev M)

L o Bz 25 Sd PARCOA / TOKEN (gate) (rev S) 1.00

PTMS-3070 (Reported by B Nolan) (AS PTMS-3070-U)

V B 25 Sd (as PTMS-3070-U) 1.00

PTMS-3080 (Reported by J Kent) TRAFFIC & PARKING CONTROL CO INC (prop)

BI B 22 Sd (Same as obverse) 1.00

PTMS-3092 (Reported by J Kent)

COOLMAN PARKING / RWM / ANN ARBOR MI (gate)

G B 25 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / RWM 1.00

PTMS-3096 (Reported by B Nolan)

PARKING / TOKEN (curved)

P Bz 25 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / RWM 1.00

BELGIUM BELGPSTM-3001 POLICE CONTROLE / POLITE CONTROL (WM pltd) (used in Brussels)

A B 24 Ch (same as obverse) 1.50

CANAPTMS-3055 (Reported by B Nolan)

(AS CANAPTMS-3055-E)

H B 19 Sd (as CANAPTMS-3055-E) 1.00

FRANCE

TROYES-3850 (reported by RIK) (AS B)

C B 23 Sd (as B) 2.00

= CORRECTSIONS & ADDITIONS = ************************

NJ-3140-B: correct to read: RWM I am relisting PA-3750-AW which contains two errors: (Reported by B Nolan)

CHESTNUT HILL PARKING FOUNDATION C (C in circle)(front of auto)

AW S 25 Sd SHOP, DINE, AND ENJOY / 30 / MINUTES (11mm brass center) 2.00

TX-3255-AS: add "MARY" after ST.

= PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY J V PERNICANO = ************************************

PTMS-3070-V has been moved to PTMS-3049-E Therefore, PTMS-3070-V is being assigned the

above listed token.

= J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 =

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Old-time line to get ‘new’ car Ridership growth spurs first addition in nearly 25 years

By: DAVID FLICK Staff Writer [email protected] Anyone familiar with the

McKinney Avenue trolley system will soon see something unfamiliar - the first new addition to the streetcar fleet in almost 25 years.

Betty is an 8-decade-old, 50 seat trolley that hasn’t run on Dallas rails since the 1950’s. Trolley officials plan to begin street-testing it as early as this week.

The car, which will be the largest in the McKinney Avenue fleet, will help meet the heavier demand on the system since the opening of Klyde Warren Park in October 2012.

“This is a big car, but we need the capacity. We need more seats going down the street these days,” said Phil Cobb, CEO of the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority.

Cobb said ridership has increased 40 percent since the opening of the park, to an estimated 433,000 by the end of this year. But the heavier ridership comes at a time when only three of the trolley system’s four cars are in operation. Petunia, the workhorse of the fleet, is undergoing repairs after being on the losing end of a collision with a cement truck last summer. When Betty is put into full service scheduled for February, the debut will mark the beginning of a dramatic year for the trolley line.

David Woo/Staff Photographer

“This is a big car,” says the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority’s Phil Cobb, “but we need… more seats going down the street these days.” Trolley officials hope to return Petunia to service in March. A sixth car, recently acquired from Brussels, will be restored by late spring but will not be put into operation until after Oct.1, when the downtown extension of the trolley system is scheduled to open. Having six operating cars could help the transit authority speed up the ridership schedule, Cobb said. But he said officials are more likely to use the extra capacity to allow for more frequent maintenance. Eventually, the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority plans to introduce 1940s-era streamlined steel cars, which are faster and sturdier. Betty’s history begins in 1926, when the streetcar was built in St. Louis. It began running on

Dallas streets a year later and was among the last cars in operation when trolley service ended in the mid-1950s. The car was acquired by Ben Carpenter – son of John Carpenter, one- time president of the Dallas Railway and Terminal Co., which operated the trolley fleet. Carpenter moved the car to his Las Colinas ranch, where younger family members played on it for decades. In the 1990s, Ben and his wife, Betty – after whom the car is named – donated the trolley to the transit authority. Streetcar officials completed about 90 percent of Betty’s $450,000 restoration before running out of money about four years ago. Funds to complete the work were provided by the non-profit Downtown


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Dallas Inc. and the CityPlace Area TIF, a taxing district that funds neighborhood projects. When Betty reappears on Dallas streets, the car will be painted in the cream-and-red livery of the Dallas Railway and Terminal Co. Ridership on the McKinney Avenue trolleys has flattened after an initial leap following the opening of Klyde Warren Park. Cobb attributed part of the slow-down to a two-month suspension of service this year for construction on the Olive Street extension. Cobb said he expects ridership to easily climb past 500,000 in 2014. However, because the system operates as a free service subsidized by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, increased ridership doesn’t necessarily translate into increased revenue. The current restoration work comes at a time when existing cars are requiring more maintenance. The extension of the line will mean higher costs in labor and insurance. Cobb holds open the possibility that trolley officials may seek permission from DART to charge for rides. “We don’t want to go there yet, we’d like to stay free, but for the first time in 24 years we are feeling the pinch on operating costs,” he said.

A controller juts from a box at the end of the McKenney trolley system's latest car, the 1920's-vintage Betty.

A $450,000 restoration prepped the 50-seat streetcar for a return to the Dallas tracks. The trolley originally ran from 1927 until the system shut down in the mid-1950s.

This article appeared in The Dallas Morning News Metro Section on Monday, December 23, 2013.

REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

- March 2014 - - -

Frits Joseph Bingen, A Bibliography of Articles Published in The Fare Box by Yosef Sa'ar

F.J. Bingen joined American Vecturist Association in August 1958 and held life member number 272. A resident of Tilburg and later Capelle aan den IJssel in the Netherlands, his collecting and research centered on all forms of transportation tokens and especially city gate tokens. This is a bibliography of the articles he contributed over the years to The Fare Box. He also was published in other journals, but this was his principal numismatic interest. I can only say that his work was humbling. He died April 2, 1977, at the age of 60. His obituary held the place of honor on the front page of The Fare Box for that month.

"A Letter from the Netherlands." The Fare Box 125, no. 10 (1958): 78.

"Gate and Toll Tokens of Europe." The Fare Box 15, no. 2 (1961): 17-20.

"Recently Discovered Danish Tokens from Aalborg." The Fare Box 15, no. 6 (1961): 61.

"The P. Cario Tokens from Le Havre, France." The Fare Box 16, no. 6 (1962): 57.

"Two Recently Identified Netherlands Steamer Tokens." The Fare Box 18, no. 9 (1964): 104.

"Transport on the River Seine in Paris." The Fare Box 21, no. 1 (1967): 3-4.

"The Suspension Bridge in Fribourg (Switzerland)." The Fare Box 21, no. 1 (1967): 4.

"Bridge Tokens Once Used in Nancy (France)." The Fare Box 21, no. 2 (1967): 18.

"'Ponts Transpordeur' in France." The Fare Box 21, no. 3 (1967): 43.

"The Inclined Planes in Lyon (France)." The Fare Box 21, no. 3 (1967): 44.

"The Blasewitz-Loschwitz Tokens of Dresden (Germany)." The Fare Box 21, no. 5 (1967): 75.

"Recently Discovered French Transportation Tokens." The Fare Box 21, no. 11 (1967): 169.

"Kiel and its Ferries." The Fare Box 22, no. 4 (1968): 53-54.

"Elevator Tokens of Italy." The Fare Box 22, no. 4 (1968): 54.

"Tramway Tokens of Le Havre (France)." The Fare Box 22, no. 4 (1968): 105.

"German Transportation Tokens 1947-1948." The Fare Box 23, no. 1 (1969): 5.

"Gate Tokens of Prague, Czechoslovakia (Prager Sperrzichen)." The Fare Box 23, no. 3 (1969): 31-32.

"German Bridge and Toll Road Tokens." The Fare Box 24, no. 4 (1969): 35.

"Mecklenburgische Strasseneisenbahn Actien Gesellschaft." The Fare Box 24, no. 4 (1969): 36.

"The Mysterious "d" Stamp on the Tokens of Nantes (France)." The Fare Box 23, no. 4 (1969): 39-40.

"Tokens 'Tramway de Marseille'." The Fare Box 23, no. 4 (1969): 40.

"Transport in Lyons (France)." The Fare Box 23, no. 5 (1969): 55-57. Errata, The Fare Box 23, no. 8

(1969): 88.

"New Tokens of the Town of Aalborg (Denmark)." The Fare Box 23, no. 9 (1969): 102.

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"Identification of Some 'Unidentified' Tokens." The Fare Box 23, no. 9 (1969): 103.

"Some Rectifications to the March Listings of French and German Railraod Canteen and Restaurant

Tokens." The Fare Box 24, no. 10 (1970): 103.

"A Visit to the Royal Coin Cabinet at Brussels (Belgium)." The Fare Box 24, no. 10 (1970): 104-105.

"Autobahn München." The Fare Box 24, no. 12 (1970): 133.

"A Vecturist in Hamburg." The Fare Box 24, no. 12 (1970): 134-140.

"Norway." and A.C. Hazevoet, The Fare Box 25, no. 4 (1971): 50-52.

"Tokens for Cable Railways and Inclined Plane Railways." The Fare Box 26, no. 4 (1972): 51-53.

"The Soc. Ard. Tram. Elec. Tokens (France 240A/C." The Fare Box 26, no. 5 (1972): 66.

"German Tokens of Towns Now Situated in Poland." The Fare Box 26, no. 7 (1972): 86-90.

"Bridge Tokens of Munich, Germany." The Fare Box 26, no. 10 (1972): 132.

"A New Catalogue of Danish Transportation Tokens." The Fare Box 26, no. 12 (1972): 157-158.

"The Uhlenhorster Fährhaus Token of Germany.", and J.M. Coffee, The Fare Box 27, no. 3 (1973): 34.

"Old Toll Road and Bridge Toll Tokens of the Netherlands." The Fare Box 27, no. 7 (1973): 79-80.

"Transportation Tokens of Sweden." The Fare Box 27, no. 11 (1973): 139-149.

"Mount Tibidabo – Barcelona (Spain)." The Fare Box 28, no. 2 (1974): 20

"Swedish Tokens: Addendum." The Fare Box 28, no. 3 (1974): 35

"Ship's Money." The Fare Box 28, no. 3 (1974): 37-38.

"The 'Strasenbahn' Tokens of Osnabruck, Germany." The Fare Box 28, no. 3 (1974): 39-40.

"Bus Tokens of the Royal Netherlands Airlines." The Fare Box 28, no. 9 (1974): 123.

"The City of Bregenz." The Fare Box 28, no. 9 (1974): 131.

"Vienna Elevator Tokens." The Fare Box 29, no. 11 (1975): 160.

"First Suplement to the Listing of Swedish Transportation Tokens." The Fare Box 30, no. 1 (1976): 3-4.

"Once Again Norway." The Fare Box 30, no. 2 (1976): 28.

"Hannover (Germany)." The Fare Box 30, no. 2 (1976): 31.

"A Recently Discovered Austrian Transportation Token." The Fare Box 30, no. 3 (1976): 36

"Gate- and Bridge-Tokens of Geneva.", and Auguste Cahorn, The Fare Box 30, no. 5 (1976): 65-70.

"Unlisted English Tokens." The Fare Box 30, no. 6 (1976): 83-84.

"The 'Citybus' Token of Hamburg, Germany." The Fare Box 30, no. 9 (1976): 126.

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# TOKEN ID BID # TOKEN ID BID # TOKEN ID BID # TOKEN ID BID # TOKEN ID BID

101 NJ95A 157 NY25Cb 213 NY437B 269 NY630BK 325 NY780I

102 NJ115B 158 NY25D 214 NY437C 270 NY631A 326 NY780J

103 NJ115J 159 NY25Eb 215 NY437D 271 NY631Ba 327 NY780K

104 NJ115K 160 NY35C 216 NY440B 272 NY631C 328 NY780La

105 NJ115L 161 NY70A 217 NY560A 273 NY631D 329 NY780Lb

106 NJ115M 162 NY75A 218 NY560B 274 NY631E 330 NY780Ma

107 NJ115N 163 NY80Da 219 NY615Aa 275 NY631F 331 NY780Mb

108 NJ220A 164 NY80G 220 NY615B 276 NY631G 332 NY780N

109 NJ250A 165 NY80H 221 NY615C 277 NY631H 333 NY780Oa

110 NJ310Aa 166 NY80I 222 NY615F 278 NY631J 334 NY780Ob

111 NJ310Ab 167 NY105B 223 NY628A 279 NY631K 335 NY780P

112 NJ390C 168 NY105G 224 NY628B 280 NY631L 336 NY780Q

113 NJ390E 169 NY105Ka 225 NY628C 281 NY631M 337 NY780W

114 NJ390F 170 NY105L 226 NY629Ca 282 NY631N 338 NY780X

115 NJ460A 171 NY105M 227 NY629Da 283 NY631O 339 NY780Y

116 NJ470A 172 NY105N 228 NY629Gb 284 NY631P 340 NY780Z

117 NJ555B 173 NY110B 229 NY629H 285 NY631Q 341 NY785C

118 NJ555F 174 NY110D 230 NY629I 286 NY631R 342 NY785D

119 NJ585A 175 NY110E 231 NY629J 287 NY631Sa 343 NY790D

120 NJ710C 176 NY145A 232 NY629K 288 NY631T 344 NY790E

121 NJ710D 177 NY145B 233 NY629Lb 289 NY631U 345 NY790J

122 NJ885Aa 178 NY150E 234 NY630La 290 NY631V 346 NY800A

123 NJ912A 179 NY210A 235 NY630Q 291 NY631W 347 NY810B

124 NJ975E 180 NY210B 236 NY630T 292 NY631X 348 NY830Db

125 NJ975F 181 NY230J 237 NY630Ub 293 NY631Y 349 NY830Dc

126 NJ997Ba 182 NY230K 238 NY630V 294 NY632A 350 NY830E

127 NJ1000A 183 NY230L 239 NY630W 295 NY632B 351 NY830F

128 NJ1000B 184 NY230M 240 NY630Y 296 NY632C 352 NY830G

129 NJ1000C 185 NY235A 241 NY630Z 297 NY632D 353 NY830H

130 NM40B 186 NY235B 242 NY630AA 298 NY640A 354 NY850A

131 NM40I 187 NY235C 243 NY630ABa 299 NY640B 355 NY850B

132 NM40M 188 NY285Da 244 NY630ABb 300 NY640C 356 NY875Ab

133 NM100A 189 NY285Db 245 NY630ACb 301 NY640D 357 NY875Bb

134 NM100B 190 NY290A 246 NY630AE 302 NY640H 358 NY875C

135 NM100C 191 NY290B 247 NY630AF 303 NY640L 359 NY875D

136 NM280A 192 NY290C 248 NY630AJ 304 NY645A 360 NY875Nd

137 NM430A 193 NY300A 249 NY630AK 305 NY645B 361 NY875Ua

138 NM430C 194 NY305A 250 NY630AM 306 NY660B 362 NY875Vb

139 NM430D 195 NY310B 251 NY630ANa 307 NY660C 363 NY875We

140 NM760A 196 NY310D 252 NY630AP 308 NY680A 364 NY875AE

141 NM760B 197 NY310E 253 NY630AQa 309 NY680B 365 NY905A

142 NM810A 198 NY310F 254 NY630AR 310 NY680C 366 NY905C

143 NM810B 199 NY310H 255 NY630AU 311 NY690A 367 NY905Da

144 NM810C 200 NY310I 256 NY630AV 312 NY695A 368 NY905Fb

145 NM810D 201 NY310J 257 NY630AW 313 NY695B 369 NY905I

146 NM900A 202 NY310K 258 NY630AYa 314 NY695Da 370 NY905J

147 NM940A 203 NY315A 259 NY630AZa 315 NY695G 371 NY945A

148 NY10H 204 NY355C 260 NY630BA 316 NY715A 372 NY945C

149 NY10K 205 NY355D 261 NY630BC 317 NY735A 373 NY945Db

150 NY10L 206 NY360D 262 NY630BD 318 NY735Bb 374 NY945Eb

151 NY10M 207 NY380Ca 263 NY630BE 319 NY735D 375 NY955A

152 NY10Qa 208 NY410Aa 264 NY630BF 320 NY745Aa 376 NY995B

153 NY10Ra 209 NY425A 265 NY630BG 321 NY775A 377 NY995C

154 NY10V 210 NY425Bb 266 NY630BH 322 NY780Ba 378 NY1000D

155 NY25Ac 211 NY425C 267 NY630BI 323 NY780C 379 NC20A

156 NY25Ba 212 NY437A 268 NY630BJ 324 NY780Db 380 NC30C

Fourth Auction Of George Menge

1. All bids must be received by April 5th, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders. 3. Minimum bid is the 6th Atwood.

4. In case of tie, first post mark or email date wins. 5. Please copy this sheet to submit bids or bid by submitting the item # and token ID.

Bob Schneider 2321 Londale Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 [email protected] (757) 713-0786

6. Bids over $5.00 will be reduced to 15% over 2nd highest bidder or 1.5 times catalog, whichever is higher.

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381 NC30D 437 ND320A 493 OH165Y 549 OH475N 605 OK330E

382 NC40B 438 ND320B 494 OH165AE 550 OH505Ab 606 OK330F

383 NC130A 439 ND320D 495 OH165AF 551 OH515B 607 OK380A

384 NC130B 440 ND440A 496 OH175W 552 OH515C 608 OK380B

385 NC160A 441 ND440B 497 OH175Xa 553 OH520A 609 OK380C

386 NC160E 442 ND600F 498 OH175Y 554 OH520B 610 OK510A

387 NC160F 443 ND900B 499 OH175Z 555 OH520C 611 OK570A

388 NC160G 444 ND900C 500 OH175AA 556 OH520D 612 OK590B

389 NC160H 445 OH10A 501 OH175AF 557 OH520F 613 OK590C

390 NC190A 446 OH10B 502 OH200Aa 558 OH535Ca 614 OK590D

391 NC190C 447 OH10C 503 OH200Ab 559 OH550A 615 OK590E

392 NC190Da 448 OH10D 504 OH200B 560 OH552C 616 OK610A

393 NC240A 449 OH10E 505 OH200C 561 OH560A 617 OK610B

394 NC265A 450 OH10K 506 OH210D 562 OH605A 618 OK610C

395 NC265B 451 OH10L 507 OH210E 563 OH605B 619 OK640A

396 NC290A 452 OH10M 508 OH225A 564 OH605C 620 OK640G

397 NC290B 453 OH10N 509 OH230D 565 OH605D 621 OK640H

398 NC290C 454 OH15A 510 OH230H 566 OH605E 622 OK640I

399 NC290D 455 OH15B 511 OH230M 567 OH660E 623 OK640J

400 NC380B 456 OH15E 512 OH230N 568 OH660Fa 624 OK660A

401 NC380C 457 OH15F 513 OH230O 569 OH660G 625 OK660B

402 NC380D 458 OH15G 514 OH230R 570 OH730G 626 OK700A

403 NC380E 459 OH15H 515 OH230S 571 OH735A 627 OK700B

404 NC450C 460 OH25A 516 OH230T 572 OH745B 628 OK700C

405 NC450D 461 OH35B 517 OH230U 573 OH745C 629 OK700E

406 NC450E 462 OH35C 518 OH230W 574 OH745D 630 OK770A

407 NC470A 463 OH35F 519 OH230AG 575 OH745E 631 OK770B

408 NC475A 464 OH35G 520 OH230AH 576 OH745F 632 OK770C

409 NC475B 465 OH80A 521 OH380A 577 OH750A 633 OK810A

410 NC625A 466 OH80B 522 OH380B 578 OH850A 634 OK810B

411 NC630A 467 OH95Aa 523 OH380C 579 OH860B 635 OK860J

412 NC670A 468 OH115A 524 OH380D 580 OH860C 636 OK860K

413 NC680B 469 OH115C 525 OH380E 581 OH860J 637 OK860M

414 NC680C 470 OH125A 526 OH380F 582 OH860K 638 OK860N

415 NC690A 471 OH125B 527 OH380G 583 OH860P 639 OK860Qb

416 NC690C 472 OH125C 528 OH385E 584 OH860S 640 OK860R

417 NC690D 473 OH125D 529 OH435D 585 OH870B 641 OK860S

418 NC690E 474 OH125E 530 OH440A 586 OH870C 642 OK860T

419 NC700A 475 OH125F 531 OH440Bb 587 OH870D 643 OK860U

420 NC700B 476 OH125G 532 OH440C 588 OH915A 644 OK1000A

421 NC700C 477 OH125J 533 OH440D 589 OH915B 645 OR20B

422 NC700E 478 OH160A 534 OH440E 590 OH915C 646 OR20E

423 NC700F 479 OH160B 535 OH440I 591 OH975C 647 OR40A

424 NC710B 480 OH160C 536 OH440J 592 OH995Ca 648 OR60A

425 NC770B 481 OH160D 537 OH440Ka 593 OK10A 649 OR60B

426 NC830A 482 OH160E 538 OH440Kb 594 OK20A 650 OR80B

427 NC880A 483 OH165G 539 OH440L 595 OK70A 651 OR100A

428 NC880B 484 OH165H 540 OH440M 596 OK70B 652 OR100B

429 NC980C 485 OH165N 541 OH440N 597 OK70C 653 OR130A

430 NC980E 486 OH165P 542 OH440O 598 OK180A 654 OR130C

431 NC980F 487 OH165Q 543 OH440P 599 OK210A 655 OR130D

432 NC1000B 488 OH165R 544 OH450D 600 OK280A 656 OR160A

433 ND60D 489 OH165T 545 OH465D 601 OK280B 657 OR160B

434 ND260Ba 490 OH165U 546 OH475D 602 OK280C 658 OR160C

435 ND260Bb 491 OH165V 547 OH475H 603 OK280D 659 OR160CA

436 ND260P 492 OH165W 548 OH475I 604 OK320B 660 OR160D

Fourth Auction Of George Menge

1. All bids must be received by April 5th, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders. 3. Minimum bid is the 6th Atwood.



6. Bids over $5.00 will be reduced to 15% over highest bidder or 1.5 times catalog, whichever is higher.

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Advertising Manager: Tom Wallace ~ 105 Garden Lane ~ Winlock, WA 98596 ~ (360) 785.3245 ~ [email protected] ... Your ads should be no longer than 4 lines of size 12 Bold font… Larger ads must be sent to The Fare Box Editor. Your ad must contain your name & address with zip code. List your phone & email address if you want. NOTE: I’m now accepting more than one ad per member per month. Please! Only ads relating to items in the American Vecturist Association publications will be printed.

#05 Auction Philippines PI 50-O (see FB pages 97/98, in the Sept 2011 issue). Slight bend at top, unholed, fair to good, census token ? Min Bid $75.00. Ends 30 days after March Fare Box received. John Ciecka, 4 Hylton Road – Woolwich TWP, NJ – 08085-2593

#05 Auction WI 510-D Cream City Railroad, 1 Fare, nice example. Highest bid plus postage. Bid will end 30 days after you receive your F.B. Harold Frey – 2260 Appleton Dr. – Southaven, MS 38672 Email: [email protected] Bid will end 30 days after you receive your F.B.

#05 Auction WI 510-G Milwaukee & Wauwatosa Motor RY. Some wear particularly thru “Milwaukee”. Highest bid plus postage. Harold Frey – 2260 Appleton Dr. – Southaven, MS 38672 Email: [email protected] Bidding will end 30 days after you receive your F.B.

#05 Auction Group of 29 mostly different transit tokens with book values from $.15 to $2.00. Highest bid plus postage. . Harold Frey – 2260 Appleton Dr. – Southaven, MS 38672 Email: [email protected] Bidding will end 30 days after you receive your F.B.

#15 Buy-Sell-Trade World Transit Tokens. Now available. Request my multi Buy-Sell- Trade Lists from: #1. “The entire United Kingdom. UKE-UKI-UKS-UKW,” #2 “Australia” AUS, #3 “Germany” DEU. Bill Weber – 6758 LOA Dr. – New Tripoli, PA – 18066 USA or Email: [email protected]

#35 For Sale Lot of 100 AVA Personal Tokens, no duplicates, my choice, all for $25.00 plus postage. Tom Wallace – 105 Garden Lane – Winlock, WA 98596 – 360-785-3245 – Email: [email protected]

#35 For Sale AVA 10th Anniv Token. Bronze & 30 mm. Obverse says: “American Vecturist Association AVA Organized 1948”. Reverse says: “Collectors of Trans Tokens 1948-1958, in center is a horse drawn trolley and the words 10th Anniv For Our Assoc” $5.00 PP Tom Wallace – 105 Garden Lane – Winlock, WA 98596 – [email protected]

#35 For Sale Three Tulsa, Oklahoma TT’s for sale. 860-Q, 860-S, 860-T. All three for $7.00 PP. Johnny Satterlee – 804 Gleneagles Dr. – Edmond, OK – 73013- 405-520-4887 Email: [email protected]

#35 For Sale 100 Different transit tokens $25.00, 200 Different $46.00, 300 Different transit $65.00 postpaid. Email: [email protected] Richard Czachur – 411 Ziegler St. Dupont, PA 18641








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#35 For Sale My duplicate and extra U.S. transit tickets are for sale – many at very low prices. Dan Benice – PO Box 5708 – Cary, NC 27512. Email: [email protected] #45 Miscellaneous Recent posts on Facebook Group Transportation Token Collectors: Five Istanbul TUR ferry, Tunel and metro tokens; two Falls Creek AUS Ski Lift tokens. All with color images. See you free on Facebook, post, discuss and learn. Yosef Sa’ar, Honorary AVA Life Member. #45 Miscellaneous THANK YOU!! Goes out to Louis Lockwood of Harrison, OH for his generous donation of a large quantity of tokens to be passed out at the AVA Traveling Display Board, any questions on the use of the board or donations, contact John Hoffman – 8334 Heron Circle – Ooltewah, TN – 37363, 423-344-9326 #70 Wanted TT’s CA805-A & B, MI315-B, C, D, & E and any other mental hospital, prison, penitentiary, reform school or jail related exonumia/scrip. Bob Hewey – 307 Seabury Drive – Bloomfield, CT 06002 Email: [email protected] #70 Wanted Muskegon, Michigan 680-B-C-D & T. Jerry Fitzpatrick – 2137 W. Glen Ct. Muskegon, MI – 49441 – 1-231-780-2635 Email: [email protected] #70 Wanted Old U.S. transit tickets. One ticket or a whole collection. Dan Benice – PO Box 5708 – Cary, NC 27512. Also: [email protected] is my e-mail.


Change of Addresses

Douglas Borden, 3 Elam Lane, Rochester, NY 14606-3360 585-441-9267

James R. McNutt, 6675 E Ridgeview CT, Mooresville, IN 46158-8791

Harold Thomas, 3240 FM-1131, Vidor, TX 77662-8809

New Members 3451, Richard D. Mitchell, PO Box 720900, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,

73172-0900, 405-834-2587, [email protected], 78, Coin Dealer, collects US,

Can, & For TTs, PTs and CWTs

3452, Johnny L. Dixon, 198 Palmetto Drive, Rincon, GA, USA, 31326-5113,

912-826-2913, Retired, collects US, Can, & For TTs

3453, John R. Hayter, 18 Thornridge Road, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15202-

1028, 412-732-0410, [email protected], 62, Insurance Broker, collects

US, Can, & For TTs

3458, Edward Meyer, 2407 Foxfield Lane, Highland, MI, 48356-2460, 248-

714-5529, [email protected], 72, Retired, collects US, Can, & For

TTs

3459, Lisa Ashworth, 501 Faucette Street, Fuquay Varina, NC, USA,

27526-2018, 919-720-2350, [email protected], 51, Engineering

Technologist, collects US TTs





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Atwood-Coffee Catalogue Update

The AVA is undergoing a revision of the prices of many tokens in connection with the new catalog to be published in 2015. Joel Bernstein has a list of all 11,000+ tokens in Atwood-Coffee Sixth Edition and all subsequent tokens announced in the Fare Box. The list indicates whether each token is being considered for a price increase, a price decrease, or no change in price. Proposed prices are not included in the list. If you would like a copy of the list in either PDF or Excel format, please e-mail Joel at [email protected] and he will be pleased to e-mail you one. For those who do not have access to a computer, you can send a request to Joel and he will snail mail a printed copy of the list. Please do not ask for the printed copy if you are able to view the computer version. Joel's address is: Joel Bernstein 9708 Kedvale Skokie IL 60076-1122 Joel is interested in your feedback. If you believe that any proposed changes are not appropriate, please let him know.


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What’s Next for NY Commuters? By Randy Glucksman

Launched on June 1, 1993, the days of the MetroCard may soon end, although one NYC Transit official predicted that it would be within the next five years. Long a staple of fare payment in New York City, the token finally gave way to the MetroCard effective May 3, 2003 in the subway and on December 31, 2003 on buses.

Sometime in the early 1990’s (I do not have the exact date), the NYC Transit Authority, as it was called then, installed test turnstiles at selected stations and asked employees who boarded at those stations to volunteer to test the system. Because I parked my car near the 207th Street station and got off/on at Jay St. – Boro Hall (Transit Authority headquarters), I qualified and was accepted into the program, which to the best of my knowledge lasted one year. We were issued what we would call today, “Alpha” versions of a MetroCard. At the time, employees and members of the uniformed service who did not have to pay to ride had to go to the token booth and show their employee ID to the railroad clerk and then open the “slam gate” to enter the paid area of the subway.

Through agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MetroCards can also be used for fare payment with transfer privileges with Nassau Inter County Express (NICE) buses (formerly the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority) and Westchester County’s Bee Line Bus system. MetroCards are also accepted on the Roosevelt Island Tramway.

According to an article in The New York Times (March 19, 2014), Michael DeVitto, the New York City Transit official in charge of fare programs, said that the replacement would be phones. “Importantly, we’ll accept contactless chip-enabled phones,” he said. Contactless chip technology allows devices to securely exchange information over very short distances. What about riders who do not have smartphones? The answer is that the MTA plans to issue its “own chipped media.” It also plans to accept prepaid chipped cards from supermarkets and banks.

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Car Wash Catalog Update

Many of you may already be aware that Bob Nolan and I have been vigorously working on updating the Car Wash catalog. This massive project is long overdue. The current version of the catalog is in two volumes and contains both foreign and domestic listings. It currently has approximately 10,000 listings which is nearly 5 times the size of the edition published by Ford. As a result a new numbering system needed to be

implemented which changed the old 3 digit numbering system into the newer 4 digit system. This was necessary to allow for future growth and expansion. At the time this change was implemented we were adding an average of 50-60 new listings per month. Managing to keep a supplement going in the Fare Box was becoming a near impossible task. Because of this you may have noticed the lack of supplements recently. This was to allow us time to concentrate on getting a new catalog ready for publication. Another change you may notice is that the entire Token Manufacturers Stock Token (TMST) on tokencatalog.com has been completely regrouped and renumbered. Nearly one out of every five listed are stock tokens. I apologize for the change and the renumbering but this section was a disaster and needed a complete overhaul. This change was necessary to improve the appearance and flow of this section and will help collectors locate stock tokens easier.

All of these changes are in preparation for 2 new editions of the car wash catalog.

This catalog has had numerous delays due to computer issues and work commitments as well as individual and family medical concerns. We are currently putting the finishing touches on the catalog and hope to have it to you soon. Volume I of this new edition will be called “The Complete Guide to Car Wash Tokens of North America.” Volume II will have listings from over 25 other nations and will be called “The Complete Guide to Car Wash Tokens of the World.” The foreign volume should be ready by the end of the year but due to lower interest will probably only be available on disk. Lou Lockwood has accepted the challenge for the printing and distribution of Volume I. All individuals interested in receiving a copy should contact Lou directly at:

Louis Lockwood 10420 Sugardale Street Harrison, OH 45030-1734

Email: [email protected] Bob Nolan and I wish to thank all of you for your patience and support. We hope that you continue to provide support and information in the future. Jim Delaney Car Wash Token Manager

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= SUPPLEMENT #26 TO THE 7th ED PARKING TOKEN CATALOGUE = ***************************************************

PTMS-3033 (Reported by B Nolan) TP (incuse)(in logo form)

N B 23 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE / OC 1.00 BELGIUM ANTWERP-3005 (Reported by RIK) RUCA [STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER, ANTWERP]

B o B 29 Sd (blank) 2.00 HALLE-3275 (Reported by RIK) HALLE / P (all incuse)

A o WM 23 Sd (blank) 2.00 LEUZE-EN-HAINAUT-3430 (Reported by RIK) LEUZE-EN-HAINAUT

A WM 23 Sd (blank) 2.00 MECHELEN-3550 (Reported by RIK) LAMOT / MECHELEN

E WM 22 Sd LAMOT / MALINES 2.00 GERMANY (Reported by RIK) GERMPTMS-3062 METALLBAU EMMELN

H B 26 Ch 49733 HAREN / TEL.05932/2041 1.50 SWITZERLAND

BASEL-3050 (Reported by RIK) S B B / BASEL

K B 26 Sd PARKMÜNZE 2.00 GENEVA-3360 (Reported by RIK) PARKING / DES ARCADES

G B 25 Sd (blank) 2.00 Parking Sardaigne-Octroi Carouge (Reported by RIK) H B 26 Ch (same as obverse) 2.00 KERZERS-3386 (Reported by RIK) SWITZERLAND PAPILIORAMA KERZERS / P / Jeton

A B 29 Sd SWITZERLAND PAPILIORAMA KERZERS (butterfly) 2.00 LUZERN-3405 (Reported by RIK) Bahnhof P 1+2 / P / Luzern

D WM 24 Sd (blank) 2.00 RAPPERSWIL-3800 (Reported by RIK) CITY-PARKHAUS / RAPPERSWIL

C WM 22 Sd (blank) 2.00 YVERDON-LES-BAINS-3915 (Reported by RIK) YVERDON

A B 28 Sd Parking BEL-AIR CENTRE 2.00 = CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS = ***********************

BELG-3450-B 45 BD DE LA SAUVENIERE / P380 / LIEGE

B B 26 Sd POUR / PARKING / SEULEMENT = PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY JOE PERNICANO =

Jim Grim notes that PA-3510-A had been reported being used in Wilkes-Barre, PA. When BELG-3450-B was first reported, the information was sketchy and was inaccurate in metal and size. RIK has finally acquired a specimen and I am relisting it. The mulling of PARKING TOKENS and CAR WASH TOKENS have been reported. These tokens will not be listed as PARKING TOKENS. Jim Delaney reports the following:

Sheperds’s / CAR WASH Bz 25 Sd PARKING / TOKEN (auto)

= J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROOMALL, PA 19008 =

Seventh Auction of Tokens from the Charles McKee Collection

1. All bids must be received or postmarked by May 24, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders.




high bid.

Send bids to: Rich Mallicote, 1039 Arbor Drive, Lakemont, GA 30552 or [email protected]. Phone 678-642-6933.

# Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID

1 PA750AS 57 PA995B 113 SC210A 169 TN430X 225 TX275A 281 TX945A

2 PA750AU 58 PA997A 114 SC240C 170 TN540A 226 TX275B 282 TX985C

3 PA750AX 59 PA997B 115 SC310B 171 TN540B 227 TX275C 283 TX1000B

4 PA750AY 60 PA997C 116 SC320A 172 TN540C 228 TX275D 284 TX1000C

5 PA750BA 61 PA997D 117 SC430B 173 TN540D 229 TX275E 285 TX1000D

6 PA750BB 62 PA997E 118 SC500B 174 TN600F 230 TX320H* 286 TX1000E

7 PA750BC 63 PA997F 119 SC690A 175 TN600G 231 TX320I 287 TX1000F

8 PA750BD 64 PA997G 120 SC880Ab 176 TN600I 232 TX320J 288 TX1000G

9 PA750BE 65 PA997H 121 SC880B 177 TN600K 233 TX320K 289 TX1000H

10 PA765I 66 PA997I 122 SC1000A 178 TN600L 234 TX320L 290 TX1000I

11 PA765R 67 PA997J 123 SC1000B 179 TN600N 235 TX320M 291 UT125A

12 PA765S 68 PA997K 124 SD10A 180 TN600Q 236 TX320N 292 UT300A

13 PA765AG 69 PA997L 125 SD10B 181 TN600R 237 TX320O 293 UT400C

14 PA765AK 70 PA997M 126 SD10C 182 TN690H 238 TX320P 294 UT650A

15 PA775A 71 PA997N 127 SD10G 183 TN710A 239 TX320Q 295 UT750C

16 PA780A 72 PA997O 128 SD260A 184 TN1000A 240 TX320R 296 UT750D

17 PA785C 73 PA997P 129 SD260B 185 TN1000B 241 TX340F 297 UT750T

18 PA785F 74 PA997Q 130 SD260C 186 TX30A 242 TX340H 298 UT750U

19 PA785I 75 PA998W 131 SD680A 187 TX40A 243 TX340S 299 UT750V

20 PA785J 76 PA998X 132 SD680B 188 TX50C 244 TX340T 300 UT750W

21 PA785K 77 PA1000C 133 SD998D 189 TX50D 245 TX340V 301 VT60A

22 PA785L 78 PA1000D 134 SD998E 190 TX50E 246 TX340W 302 VT150B

23 PA810A 79 PA1000I 135 TN20A 191 TX50M 247 TX350A 303 VT150F

24 PA815A 80 RI520B 136 TN20B 192 TX50N 248 TX360C 304 VT150G

25 PA850D 81 RI520C 137 TN20C 193 TX50R 249 TX360D 305 VT150H

26 PA860A 82 RI520D 138 TN20D 194 TX65E 250 TX360E 306 VT180A

27 PA865A 83 RI520F 139 TN20E 195 TX65G 251 TX360K 307 VT520A

28 PA870A 84 RI520H 140 TN20F 196 TX135D 252 TX360L 308 VT595A

29 PA870B 85 RI521E 141 TN75F 197 TX135E 253 TX360M 309 VT595B

30 PA870C 86 RI521F 142 TN75H 198 TX135F 254 TX360N 310 VT700A

31 PA875B 87 RI521G 143 TN75I 199 TX135H 255 TX360O 311 VT700B

32 PA920A 88 RI521H 144 TN75J 200 TX135I 256 TX365A 312 VT700D

33 PA930A 89 RI521I 145 TN75K 201 TX145A 257 TX445A 313 VT810A

34 PA930B 90 RI521L 146 TN75L 202 TX145D 258 TX445I 314 VA20D

35 PA945A 91 RI521M 147 TN120A 203 TX145H 259 TX445J 315 VA20G

36 PA945B 92 RI521O 148 TN120D 204 TX145J 260 TX445N 316 VA20L

37 PA945C 93 RI521P 149 TN120E 205 TX255D 261 TX445R 317 VA20M

38 PA950B 94 RI521Q 150 TN120F 206 TX255E 262 TX445S 318 VA20N

39 PA950C 95 RI700G 151 TN120G 207 TX255F 263 TX445W 319 VA20O

40 PA950D 96 RI700H 152 TN215A 208 TX255P 264 TX445X 320 VA20P

41 PA950G 97 RI700Jb 153 TN215B 209 TX255Q 265 TX455A 321 VA120A

42 PA950H 98 RI700K 154 TN250A 210 TX255R 266 TX460A 322 VA120B

43 PA950I 99 RI700L 155 TN345C 211 TX255S 267 TX565A 323 VA190C

44 PA950Ja 100 RI700M 156 TN375B 212 TX255T 268 TX565B 324 VA280B

45 PA950K 101 RI700N 157 TN400B 213 TX255U 269 TX640A 325 VA350B

46 PA965B 102 RI700O 158 TN400D 214 TX255V 270 TX690A 326 VA500C

47 PA965Ca 103 RI700S 159 TN400E 215 TX255W 271 TX710B 327 VA500J

48 PA965K 104 SC20A 160 TN400F 216 TX255X 272 TX710E 328 VA500K

49 PA970A 105 SC20B 161 TN400G 217 TX255Y 273 TX760A 329 VA530B

50 PA985C 106 SC20C 162 TN415A 218 TX255Z 274 TX805D 330 VA580O

51 PA985G 107 SC20D 163 TN415D 219 TX255AA 275 TX810AD 331 VA580Q

52 PA985J 108 SC20E 164 TN430A 220 TX255AB 276 TX810AF 332 VA580T

53 PA985K 109 SC20F 165 TN430N 221 TX255AC 277 TX810AG 333 VA600A

54 PA990C 110 SC20G 166 TN430O 222 TX255AD 278 TX810AR 334 VA600B

55 PA990D 111 SC20H 167 TN430Q 223 TX256A 279 TX810AS 335 VA600C

56 PA990E 112 SC40A 168 TN430V 224 TX270A 280 TX840E 336 VA600D

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APRIL SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V. Ford

FLORIDA

Palm Beach Gardens 671 (Reported by NIS) DOWNTOWN AT THE GARDENS/GOOD FOR ONE RIDE/LOGO) A B 27 Sd Downtown at the Gardens/$2/(carousel horse) 2.00 B B 27 Sd " " " " " " " (WM-plated) 2.00 C Z 25 Sd Downtown Carousel/$2/(carousel horse) (K-plated) 2.00 D B 27 Sd Downtown at the Gardens/$2/(locomotive) 2.00 E B 27 Sd " " " " " " (WM-plated) 2.00 CLUB TOUR TOKENS

Ohio CT (Reported by Bill Schneider) AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION/97th ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION/CINCINNATI OHIO/1988/(STATUE) 8 B 38 Sd Good For One Round Trip Fare/Spouses' Carriage/and/Lunch Tour/July 21, 1988 (antiqued) 10.00 ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS

PA 750 U obverse should be PHILADELPHIA AND READING NO. 1 V obverse should be PHILADELPHIA AND READING NO. 2

TRANSPORTATION TOKEN NOTES

Downtown at the Gardens is a shopping mall at 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave. in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. It operates a carousel and The Downtown Express, a 5 car steam train (engine, coal car, 2 passenger cars, and a caboose). It operates out of the Carousel Courtyard with a route that runs through the Boulevard and Centre Court. The significance of the different tokens is not known, possibly distributed by different sources. The NIS will handle. We lack any background information regarding the Ohio Club Tour Token listing that Bob Schneider reports. Perhaps it was a VIP issue that was not available to the general membership of the ANA. The Philadelphia, PA listings was messed up in the latest Catalogue. Earlier editions have it correct as noted above. Bob Schneider of the NIS is still working on the availability and background of a number of plastics potential listings. He is taking

one or two at a time during this busy season for his tax business.

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Fare Collection in the 21st Century By Randy Glucksman

In the course of commuting to work, tokens never play a part of my fare payment. I live in New York State, however the rail line that I ride, the Pascack Valley Line, is operated by New Jersey Transit. Rail historians will know this line as the former New Jersey & New York Railroad, which in later years was operated by the Erie Railroad, then the Erie-Lackawanna, Conrail and now NJ Transit.

For over 30 years, there has been a service agreement with Metro-North that pays for the NJ Transit trains to serve the three New York Stations: Spring Valley, Nanuet and Pearl River. This agreement also covers the Port Jervis Line west of Suffern, NY. Also under this agreement, Metro-North has provided locomotives and rail cars.

To avoid the $5 on board service charge, rail tickets must be purchased from ticket vending machines (TVMs) or at a limited number of stations that still have a ticket agent. Senior/Disabled fares are exempt from this surcharge. Because my employer participates in the Transit Check Program, I buy my tickets at NY Penn Station by exchanging these checks for the tickets.

On February 14, 2013, NJ Transit began an initiative called “Bank Note Recycler Technology,” where change is returned using paper currency. Until all TVMs have been modified, this meant that if a customer purchased a $10 train ticket and paid with a $20 bill, they received ten, dollar coins. Oftentimes it sounded like standing next to a slot machine, as the coins fell into the tray. The station at which I board my train, recently had its two TVMs modified with this feature.

Technology always moves forward, and last April 15, NJ Transit launched its MyTixSM Mobile Ticketing Application. After downloading this app onto an Android or iPhone, one can purchase single-ride tickets, 10-trip tickets, weekly tickets and monthly tickets. By December 2013, all of the other NJ Transit rail lines were added. I have spoken with several commuters who participate in this program and two have told me of their experiences when their phones were dead and the ticket could not be displayed. For one of them, the conductor accepted his explanation, while the other was able to plug into an outlet on the train and after a short wait (the conductor returned) saw that he in fact did have a ticket.

The following afternoon, after I started writing this piece, the conductor on the Trenton-bound train leaving New York’s Penn Station made the following PA announcement: “Passengers using mobile ticket apps, please activate them now. 'I can’t get service’ is not the answer I am looking for when the train is in the tunnel.” For those unfamiliar with the area, the tunnel that the conductor was the North River Tunnel under the Hudson River that connects New York and New Jersey.

New Members

3460, John Grave, PO Box 217, Ringwood, Victoria 3134, Australia, 61-3-97253461, [email protected], 60, Sales Manager, collects Foreign TT & Ferry Tokens, signed by Bill Weber

3461, Howard Barron, PO Box 1385, Plymouth, MA, USA, 02362-1385, 508-746-4206, [email protected], 66, Self Employed, collects US TTs, signed by Keith Baron

3462, Curt Pfeiffer, 100 S. Atkinson Rd Ste 116-258, Grayslake, IL, USA, 60030-7817, 847-226-5380, [email protected], 61, Retired, collects US & Can TTs, signed by Keith Baron

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AVA Shirts The convention is quickly approaching. If anyone is interested in an AVA shirt with embroidered logo on the chest, please contact Joel Reznick and tell him what color, size, and any special additional embroidery you would want on it (e.g., name or nickname). If we can get orders for 10 shirts, then we can process an order with the company we get them from at around $25.00. Joel can be contacted at 1591 Monarch Drive, Venice, FL 34293-0302, or at [email protected], or at 941-758-8886.

2014 AVA Annual Convention: Sacramento, CA Our 2014 Annual Convention will be held at the Holiday Inn in Old Sacramento from July 31 through

August3. Like last year, Thursday, July 31st , will be a Board Meeting. Any and all who wish to attend are welcome.

That evening, we have been invited to a barbeque, by Chris and Iris Donovan, at their home at 3008 Mt. Baldy

Drive, Roseville CA 95747-7137 (a short distance from Sacramento – more details about that later).

Friday, August 1st we have our first General Meeting in the morning, and a second Board Meeting on Friday

afternoon. With the bourse continuing until about 5:30 PM, then prepare for the Banquet, at the hotel, which will

probably begin at 6:30 with a cash bar, then dinner at 7:00. Saturday, we will hold our annual Token Auction until

Noon, then off to the Transportation Museum and Train Ride. When that is done, those who wish, may attend an

evening at the Suspects Dinner Theater (a comedy/murder mystery), which is held aboard the Delta King river

boat, very near our hotel. That is not included in our convention package, but if you wish to attend, the cost is

$46.37 per person (a group rate - including tax and gratuity) (please include the additional necessary amount when

paying your convention fee).

Our Annual Business meeting will begin at 9 AM on Sunday morning, and when completed, we will go to a

bunch not yet determined. Because of the Meeting Room Rental fees, and the applicable taxes, this year’s convention fee is $125 – sorry for that folks, but between the banquet and the meeting rooms, we are well over

$100 just for that. Now for the good news – our hotel room rate is $99 for single or double occupancy. Parking,

which was to be $16/day, has been reduced to $8/day. If you wish to come early, our rate will be guaranteed at

that price. If you wish to stay late (up to three days), you must tell the hotel that when you register – they have a

large convention checking in immediately after ours, but we were promised four extended rooms – if you want

one, register early and tell them!

Remember to mention the AVA when calling the hotel to get the reduced rate. The Holiday Inn can be

reached at:

916-446-0100.

Send the convention fee (plus $46.37 if you wish to attend the Suspects Dinner Theater), to me:

Joel J. Reznick, 1591 Monarch Drive, Venice FL 34293-0302

Thanks, The Head Frog

★ ★ CALLING ALL MEMBERS ★ ★ ★ CALLING ALL MEMBERS ★ ★

You have all lived interesting lives and wouldn’t it be nice if you shared some of the parts that involved token collecting?

For example, you could tell us which is your favorite token and how you obtained it, or how did you get started collecting tokens? Do you collect everything that is considered a token, or are you a specialist: e.g., collecting specific cities or states? I fall into the latter category and even then, only certain cities within the states. I do have at least one token from every state.

At this summer’s convention in Austin, Texas, I was appointed to the position of Article Coordinator and tasked to submit three articles each month, a rather daunting task given family responsibilities, job, volunteer position with New York’s MTA and being News Editor for the Electric Railroaders’ Association Bulletin. For the first few months this was made easy by one member’s article each month, but this needs to be a group or rather, an organization effort. You need not worry about typos etc., because I will fix anything that needs fixing.

Please send your stories to me at: [email protected] Thank you.

Randy Glucksman, Article Coordinator

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1. All bids must be postmarked no later than May 7, 2014 4. Bids over $10 will be reduced to 10% above the

2. Bids under catalog value WILL NOT be considered 2nd high bid.

unless specially noted. 5. Successful bidders are responsible for postage & ins,3. PLEASE bid by LOT # ONLY. and must remit prior to shipment, if requested.


ONLY MAIL BIDS (no emails) TO: Joel J. Reznick, 1591 Monarch Drive, Venice, FL 34293-0302

1. CO 400 A 51. OH 726 A 101. OH 1000 D 151. OK 770 C 201. OR 240 K 251. OR 998 D2. CO 440 Da 52. OH 726 B 102. OH 1000 G 152. OK 810 A 202. OR 240 L 252. OR 998 E3. CT 998 F 53. OH 730 G 103. OH 1000 J 153. OK 810 B 203. OR 240 N 253. OR 998 F4. MN 110 C 54. OH 730 I 104. OH 1000 K 154. OK 860 Ba 204. OR 340 A 254. OR 998 G5. MN 110 D 55. OH 735 A 105. OH 1000 L 155. OK 860 D 205. OR 400 E 255. OR 1000 A6. MN 148 E 56. OH 745 B 106. OH 1000 M 156. OK 860 G 206. OR 400 G 256. PA 10 Aa7. MN 177 A 57. OH 745 C 107. OH 1000 N 157. OK 860 I 207. OR 400 H 257. PA 10 Ba8. MO 910 S 58. OH 745 D 108. OH 1000 O 158. OK 860 J 208. OR 400 I 258. PA 10 Ea9. NE 540 Ub 59. OH 745 E 109. OH 1000 P 159. OK 860 K 209. OR 420 A 259. PA 10 F

10. NJ 833 A 60. OH 745 F 110. OK 10 A 160. OK 860 Lb 210. OR 460 A 260. PA 15 C11. NY 150 E 61. OH 745 I 111. OK 20 A 161. OK 860 Ma 211. OR 500 A 261. PA 15 D12. NY 590 G 62. OH 750 A 112. OK 70 A 162. OK 860 N 212. OR 520 A 262. PA 15 E13. NY 590 H 63. OH 752 A 113. OK 70 B 163. OK 860 Qb 213. OR 680 A 263. PA 15 F14. NY 590 I 64. OH 752 B 114. OK 70 C 164. OK 860 R 214. OR 680 B 264. PA 15 L15. NY 590 J 65. OH 775 A 115. OK 180 A 165. OK 860 S 215. OR 700 A 265. PA 15 M16. NY 590 K 66. OH 785 A 116. OK 190 C 166. OK 860 T 216. OR 700 B 266. PA 15 N17. NY 590 L 67. OH 785 B 117. OK 210 A 167. OK 860 U 217. OR 700 C 267. PA 15 O18. NY 590 M 68. /OH 790 A 118. OK 280 A 168. OK 1000 A 218. OR 700 D 268. PA 15 P19. NY 590 N 69. OH 815 B 119. OK 280 B 169. OR 20 A 219. OR 700 E 269. PA 20 B20. NY 590 O 70. OH 815 C 120. OK 280 C 170. OR 20 B 220. OR 700 F 270. PA 20 C21 NY 590 P 71. OH 815 D 121. OK 280 D 171. OR 20 C 221. OR 700 J 271. PA 20 D22. NY 590 Q 72. OH 815 G 122. OK 320 B 172. OR 20 D 222. OR 700 K 272. PA 25 A23. NY 590 R 73. OH 830 A 123. OK 330 E 173. OR 20 E 223. OR 700 P 273. PA 25 B24. OH 515 B 74. OH 850 A 124. OK 330 F 174. OR 40 A 224. OR 700 Q 274. PA 25 C25. OH 515 C 75. OH 860 A 125. OK 380 A 175. OR 60 A 225. OR 700 R 275. PA 25 D26. OH 520 Ad 76. OH 860 B 126. OK 380 B 176. OR 60 B 226. OR 700 S 276. PA 55 A27. OH 520 B 77. OH 860 C 127. OK 380 C 177. OR 80 Aa 227. OR 700 Tb 277. PA 65 A28. OH 520 Cb 78. OH 860 J 128. OK 510 A 178. OR 80 B 228. OR 700 W 278. PA 65 B29. OH 520 D 79. OH 860 K 129. OK 570 A 179. OR 100 Aa 229. OR 700 X 279. PA 65 C30. OH 520 E 80. OH 860 P 130. OK 590 B 180. OR 100 B 230. OR 700 Z 280. PA 65 D31. OH 520 F 81. OH 860 S 131. OK 590 C 181. OR 130 A 231. OR 700 AA 281. PA 65 E32. OH 520 H 82. OH 860 T 132. OK 590 D 182. OR 130 B 232. OR 760 A 282. PA 65 F33. OH 520 I 83. OH 860 U 133. OK 590 E 183. OR 130 Ca 233. OR 760 B 283. PA 65 G34. OH 520 J 84. OH 870 B 134. OK 610 A 184. OR 130 D 234. OR 760 C 284. PA 65 H35. OH 535 B 85. OH 870 C 135. OK 610 B 185. OR 160 A 235. OR 800 A 285. PA 65 I36. OH 535 C 86. OH 870 D 136. OK 610 C 186. OR 160 B 236. OR 800 B 286. PA 65 J37. OH 605 C 87. OH 895 A 137. OK 640 Aa 187. OR 160 C 237. OR 800 C 287. PA 65 K38. OH 605 D 88. OH 895 B 138. OK 640 G 188. OR 160 Cab 238. OR 800 Dc 288. PA 65 L39. *OH 605 E 89. OH 915 A 139. OK 640 H 189. OR 160 D 239. OR 800 Ec 289. PA 65 M40. OH 605 F 90. OH 915 B 140. OK 640 I 190. OR 160 E 240. OR 800 F 290. PA 65 N41. OH 605 G 91. OH 915 C 141. OK 640 J 191. OR 160 F 241. OR 820 A 291. PA 65 O42. OH 625 C 92. OH 915 F 142. OK 660 A 192. OR 160 G 242. OR 820 B 292. PA 65 P43. OH 625 D 93. OH 915 G 143. OK 660 B 193. OR 160 H 243. OR 850 A 293. PA 65 Q44. OH 660 A 94. OH 975 Aa 144. OK 700 A 194. OR 160 Jb 244. OR 880 A 294. PA 85 A45. OH 660 B 95. OH 975 C 145. OK 700 B 195. OR 160 K 245. OR 880 B 295. PA 110 A46. OH 660 C 95. OH 990 A 146. OK 700 C 196. OR 160 L 246. OR 880 C 296. PA 110 C47. OH 660 D 97. OH 995 C 147. OK 700 D 197. OR 240 A 247. OR 900 A 297. PA 110 D48. OH 660 E 98. OH 1000 A 148. OK 700 E 198. OR 240 B 248. OR 970 A 298. PA 110 E49. OH 660 F 99. OH 1000 B 149. OK 770 A 199. OR 240 C 249. OR 970 B 299. PA 110 F50. OH 660 G 100. OH 1000 C 150. OK 770 B 200. OR 240 G 250. OR 970 Ca 300. PA 110 G

* - minor corrosion / - sm chips on rev rim @ 4 & 10 o'clock

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#15 Buy/Sell/Trade World Transit Tokens. Now Available. Request my multi Buy-Sell-Trade Lists from: #1. "The entire United Kingdom. UKE-UKI-UKS-UKW", #2:Australia" AUS, #3 Germany DEU. Bill Weber, 6758 KOA Dr. New Tripoli,PA.18066 USA or email: [email protected] #15 Buy/Sell/Trade I’m interested in buying almost anything collectable about the history of the AVA. Tokens, books, pamphlets, giveaways, whatever. Tom Wallace – 105 Garden Lane – Winlock, WA 98596 – 360-785-3245 – Email: [email protected] #15 Buy/Sell/Trade I also would like to buy/sell or trade AVA Personal Tokens, either small or larger collections. I have a large collection of duplicates for you to pick from, at much better then catalog price. Tom Wallace – 105 Garden Lane – Winlock, WA 98596 – 360-785-3245 – Email: [email protected] #35 For Sale TT’s at $3.00 each postpaid: KY 250-C, 510-AK, 510-AL; MT 140-A; NJ 885-A; NY 631-S; & WV 290-B. Jerome Schaeper Jr – 2466 Meadowlark Dr. Edgewood, KY 41018 # 35 For Sale 1300 different U.S. and Canadian TT’s. Please send SASE for copy of the list. Bill Garrison – 48 Knox Circle – Evanston, IL 60201 # 35 For Sale 323 ALL DIFFERENT Parking Tokens. All Labeled in 2 x 2’s. My Collecting interests have taken a different turn. $425 including Priority Mail shipping, USA only. Send email for scans. Lou Salerno – 75 Golden Oak Drive – Portola Valley, CA 94028-7909. [email protected] #45 Miscellaneous Surf into Facebook Group TRANSPORTATION TOKEN COLLECTORS. Recent: Sunderland, ENG, ferries, Nelson BC St.Ry., Bridgehunter.com search engine, 1813 penny from Stockton-on-Tees stone bridge, FRI POLLETT Helsinki tram. All with color images. Yosef Sa’ar, AVA Life Member #70 Wanted CA 940-E & 945-G, NY 640-M, WA 780-Z, PR 640-C & F, IN-3 Fantasy. Stan Varnon – 805 Oak Ridge Drive – Birmingham, AL 35214 – [email protected]







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DON’T JUST COME TO THE CONVENTION…ADD AN ADVENTURE!

You take all of the time, effort and expense to attend the Convention, why not add a “little extra”? Get more for your travel efforts and dollars. Just as in gold rush days, Sacramento is a gateway city. There are plenty of places to visit/ things to do within a hundred mile radius: Wine Country: The Napa valley is only 60 miles from the Convention’s hotel. Tour the wineries, taste the wine, pack a picnic, (some have on site picnic grounds). There are limo tours available – so you can drink and not have to drive, Sterling Vineyards (in Calistoga) has an aerial tram that takes you to their tasting room above the valley floor. There are many places where you can book a hot air balloon ride. San Francisco: 87 miles away. Buy a Muni-Passport ($15.00/ 1 day; $23.00/ 3day) which entitles you to unlimited rides on any Muni conveyance. Regular bus fares are $2.00/ Sr. $0.75. Cable car fares are $6.00 (for everyone) one way. The F-Market & Wharves Line goes from Market Street , along the Embarcadero (where the cruise lines dock), past Pier 39 (where the Venetian Carousel is located – CA 760W) to Fisherman’s Wharf and uses vintage PPC trolleys (many painted in the liveries of the cities where they were formerly used – Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, Kansas City and Cincinnati to name a few). The line also uses Peter Witt style trolleys from Milan, Italy. Two of the 3 cable car lines start at Fisherman’s Wharf (the Powell-Mason Street in the eastern section and the Powell-Hyde Street in the west at Aquatic Park - overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge). If you want to visit the Cable Car Barn & Powerhouse (at the corner of Mason & Washington – open 10AM to 6PM), take the Powell-Hyde Street line. The cable car has a stop there. Inside, you can view the (working) winding machinery from an elevated gallery and see the actual cable coming in from/ going back out to the street lines. Chinatown is only a few blocks east (downhill) of the Powerhouse. You could visit it – possibly eat/shop, then return and resume your ride on the cable car. Both lines end at Powell & Market – 2 blocks past Union Square. Fronting Union Square are Neiman Marcus and an 8 story Macys (their western flagship store). At the terminus, across the street from the turntable, is Bloomingdales and Nordstrom (865 Market), being part of the San Francisco Centre Shopping Mall. This mall contains a large underground food court with numerous cuisines to choose from. Another area in San Francisco is Golden Gate Park. Within its confines are the Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences (which has a walkthrough butterfly

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enclosure & Planetarium), Fleishacker Zoo, and DeYoung Art Museum & Japanese Tea Garden. Take a boat ride out to Alcatraz Island and tour the prison. Or just take a boat ride around the Bay & under the Golden Gate Bridge. Drive north, over the Golden Gate Bridge. Stop immediately at Vista Pt. Park and take iconic photos of the Bridge and San Francisco skyline. Continue 14 miles to Mt. Tamalpias State Park ($8.00 day use fee). Hike the trails or just walk along the raised boardwalks which meander thru the lush groves of ferns & giant redwoods. Gold Country/ Mother Lode: 40 miles away. Drive along Hwy 49 and take a picnic (Plymouth, Ione, Sutter Creek, Jackson to name a few towns). Mostly quaint rustic gold rush towns have B&B’s groceries/delis and antique stores. There are a number of very good wineries. The climate is different than the Napa area and produces mostly Zinfandel varietals. Most of underground mine tours have been discontinued. The Kennedy Mine (in Jackson) still conducts Surface tours ($10.00/person). Eight miles northwest of Placerville is the Marshall Gold Discovery State Park (the actual site of Sutter’s Mill). The mill has been reconstructed and there are a few museums/ buildings. Due to the drought this year, many of the river rafting businesses are not in operation. If you return to Placerville, you can continue up Hwy 50 to Lake Tahoe (about 100 miles from the hotel). You are at the stateline with Nevada. There are large casinos (i.e. Harrah’s, Caesar’s) if you want to gamble. The Forrest Buffet (at the top of Harrah’s) has wonderful views of the lake and surrounding area. There is also a tram at Heavenly Resort that takes you up to the top of the mountain for equally fantastic views of the area. If you really want to go underground, there is Moaning Caverns Park (75 miles southeast of the hotel) which has tours of stalagmite/stalactite formations. Tours last 60 to 80 minutes along lighted, relatively flat terrain ($15.00/person). For the more adventurous, there is rappelling down a 165 foot chasm and zip lining. For those who wish to travel a little further: Yosemite National Park is 140 miles from the hotel. Monterey Peninsula: 190 miles from hotel. To see the world famous coastal scenery, you merely need to drive along the city shoreline. If you want to see the famous golf courses (Spyglass, Pebble Beach) mansions and Lone Cypress you will need to take the 17-Mile Drive ($10.00). Cannery Row is somewhat touristy. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a “must see” – the sea otter & jellyfish exhibits as well as the huge display tanks and other numerous educational displays are not to be missed ($40.00/person 9:30AM to 5PM daily). The Carmel Mission and its gardens (6 miles further south) is one of the best preserved of the 21 California Missions and is beautiful ($6.50/person 9:30AM to 5PM). Disclaimer: I am in no manner affiliated with any travel bureau/agency, Chamber of Commerce, or civic promotional organization. I’m just a life-long resident who wants you to experience and enjoy this wonderful part of California.

SO, COME A FEW DAYS EARLY OR STAY A FEW DAYS AFTER. YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID.

Chris Donovan

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= SUPPLEMENT #27 TO THE 7th ED PARKING TOKEN CATALOGUE = ***************************************************

MONTANA

BILLINGS-3080 PARKING TOKEN / STAR OF THE BIG SKY COUNTRY / BILLINGS / MONTANA / NO CASH VALUE / RWM (building scene)

D B 23 Sd 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION-2014 / NOT / IN OUR / TOWN /STOP

HATE TOGETHER / Downtown / Billings / Starts here. 1.00

CANADA ONTARIO BURLINGTON-3150 BURLINGTON / FAIRVIEW / MEDICAL / ARTS

A o B 25 Sd GOOD FOR / PARKING / ONLY 2.00

GERMAN (Reported by RIK) IBBENBUREN-3425 Kaffeeh / Wienkamper / Ibbenburen (all in italics)

B B 26 Ch (blank) (mountain scene) 2.00

C Bz 26 Ch (blank) (mountain scene) 2.00

STRALSUND-3855 P / HST Stadtmauer

A Bz 28 Ch (blank) 2.00

INDIA MUMBAI-3500 (Reported by RIK)

Parking Token / crossroads / Hajiali, Mumbai-40D034 Conditions apply (logo)

A o WM 39 Ch (same as obverse) 2.00

NETHERLANDS (Reported by RIK) COEVORDEN-3150

Plopsa

A B 24 Sd Parking (bear in car) 2.00

VELP-3947 (Reported by RIK) Coop

A B 26 (blank) 2.00

= ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS = ***********************

Correct CANADA: AB-3450-A to read: lacideM

Correct CANADA: ON-3120-A to read: (Rev)

Correct CANADA: ON-3885-B to read: Brass

= PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY J V PERNICANO = ************************************

On occasions, info has been submitted that some tokens were used as PARKING TOKENS.

Data has been lacking as to city or metal, size, etc. I will list such tokens and see

if anyone can verify or attribute these tokens.

L. A. A. (2 grooves) [Reported as being used in CHILE]

B 22 Sd (blank) (2 arrows) (1 groove)

PARQUIMETROS / VALPAPARAISO (2 arrows)(1 groove) [USED IN CHILE]

A ? ? S (in logo form)(incuse)(2 grooves)

M. I. L. S. (all incuse)(2 grooves)(1 arrow) [Reported as being used in CUBA]

? ? ? (blank)

= J V PERNICANO 58 SONIA LANE BROMALL, PA 19008 = ***********************************************

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APRIL SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE By Harold V. Ford

KENUCKY Owensboro 670 (Reported by John Byars)

CITY/OF/OWENSBORO/GOOD FOR/BUS RIDE

Q Pw 38 Sd (same as obv.) (black letters) 1.00

MICHIGAN

Marshall 610 (Reported by John Byars)

MARSHALL/DIAL/-A-/RIDE

I Pg 38 Sd 781-3975 (white printing)(4mm thick) 3.00

MINNESOTA

Arlington 67 (Reported by John Byars)

TRAILBLAZER/TRANSIT

D Pw 38 Sd Toll-Free/1-888-743-3828/For All Ages!/Local/

(320) 864-1000 (red printing) (4mm thick) 2.00

SOUTH DAKOTA

Watertown 950 (Reported by John Byars)

WATERTOWN AREA/TRANSIT, INC./NON-REFUNDABLE/882-5287/GOOD

FOR 1 BUS RIDE/CALL BY 3 PM DAY BEFORE/TO SCHEDULE RIDE

A Pg 42 Sd Sponsor/(logo)/First/Bank &/Trust(white printing) (*6/12) 3.00

B Pb 42 Sd Sponsor/Wells/Fargo (in square)/Sponsor

(white printing) (*6/12) 2.00

WASHINGTON

Clarkston 180 (Reported by John Byars)

ASOTIN CO. PTBA/FIXED/ROUTES ONLY

A Pg 29 Sd Good For/One/Bus Fare (white letters) .75


SD 380 C on reverse line add (22mm)

ON 775 C on reverse line add (Sc)

TRANSPORTATION TOKEN NOTES

The Owensboro, KY listing was issued to replace KY 670 N.

The Marshall, MI green plastic was issued due to a fare increase to $3.00.

The Arlington, MN listing replaces MN 67 C. It is good within any town in the two

county areas served by Trailblazer Transit.

Watertown Area Transit switched from paper tickets to plastic tokens in June

of 2012. They can be purchased at the transit office or directly from

drivers. The green plastics are fares for the extended service area, the blue

are for within the City of Watertown, SD. A number of organizations sponsor

the program and more listings are anticipated as we obtain specimens.

The Asotin Co. Transit operates in both WA and ID. The listed token is good

for fare in and around Clarkston where the fare is .75. Lewiston, ID routes

are $1.00.

The NIS will handle all of these listings.

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101 OR160E 157 PA25B 213 PA265A 269 PA495L 325 PA750O

102 OR160G 158 PA65B 214 PA295A 270 PA495N 326 PA750W

103 OR160H 159 PA65C 215 PA295B 271 PA495P 327 PA750Xa

104 OR160Ja 160 PA65D 216 PA295C 272 PA495Q 328 PA750Y

105 0R160K 161 PA65F 217 PA305Ba 273 PA495R 329 PA750Z

106 OR160L 162 PA65G 218 PA305C 274 PA495Sa 330 PA750AB

107 OR240A 163 PA65H 219 PA320Aa 275 PA495T 331 PA750AJ

108 OR240B 164 PA65K 220 PA325Ab 276 PA495U 332 PA750AN

109 0R240L 165 PA65L 221 PA325Ba 277 PA495AD 333 PA750AS

110 OR340A 166 PA65M 222 PA325Bb 278 PA495AE 334 PA750AT

111 OR420A 167 PA65N 223 PA325C 279 PA495AF 335 PA750AU

112 OR460A 168 PA65O 224 PA325D 280 PA515B 336 PA750AY

113 OR500A 169 PA65Q 225 PA325E 281 PA515C 337 PA750BA

114 OR520A 170 PA85A 226 PA340C 282 PA525A 338 PA750BB

115 OR680A 171 PA110C 227 PA340D 283 PA525Fb 339 PA750BC

116 OR680B 172 PA110D 228 PA360A 284 PA525H 340 PA750BD

117 OR700A 173 PA110E 229 PA360B 285 PA525I 341 PA750BE

118 OR700B 174 PA110F 230 PA360C 286 PA525J 342 PA765R

119 OR700C 175 PA110G 231 PA400B 287 PA525K 343 PA765AG

120 OR700D 176 PA125B 232 PA400C 288 PA525L 344 PA765AK

121 OR700E 177 PA135A 233 PA400D 289 PA525M 345 PA770C

122 OR700F 178 PA135B 234 PA405A 290 PA525N 346 PA775Ac

123 OR700P 179 PA142A 235 PA415A 291 PA525O 347 PA780Ac

124 OR700Q 180 PA142B 236 PA420A 292 PA525P 348 PA780B

125 OR700Ra 181 PA142C 237 PA425B 293 PA525Q 349 PA780C

126 OR700S 182 PA142D 238 PA425Ca 294 PA555A 350 PA785Ca

127 OR700Tb 183 PA145A 239 PA440A 295 PA575B 351 PA785Fa

128 OR700Z 184 PA146A 240 PA440B 296 PA575C 352 PA785Ga

129 OR700AA 185 PA146B 241 PA440C 297 PA575Ea 353 PA785H

130 OR760B 186 PA146C 242 PA440D 298 PA590D 354 PA785I

131 OR760C 187 PA150A 243 PA440E 299 PA595A 355 PA810A

132 OR800B 188 PA150B 244 PA445A 300 PA595B 356 PA815A

133 OR800C 189 PA165A 245 PA445B 301 PA605Bb 357 PA850D

134 OR800D 190 PA165E 246 PA445C 302 PA605Da 358 PA860A

135 OR800E 191 PA165F 247 PA445D 303 PA605Ea 359 PA870Ab

136 OR800F 192 PA165Ga 248 PA455A 304 PA605F 360 PA870B

137 OR820A 193 PA165H 249 PA455Ea 305 PA605I 361 PA870C

138 OR850A 194 PA165Ib 250 PA455G 306 PA630Ab 362 PA875B

139 OR880A 195 PA175A 251 PA455Ha 307 PA630Bc 363 PA920Aa

140 OR880C 196 PA175B 252 PA458A 308 PA630Cb 364 PA920Cb

141 OR970A 197 PA180A 253 PA460A 309 PA645Ab 365 PA930A

142 OR970B 198 PA180C 254 PA460B 310 PA650A 366 PA930B

143 OR970C 199 PA180D 255 PA460D 311 PA650B 367 PA940A

144 OR998D 200 PA180E 256 PA465A 312 PA650E 368 PA945B

145 OR998E 201 PA180G 257 PA470A 313 PA655A 369 PA945C

146 PA15C 202 PA180H 258 PA475A 314 PA705Da 370 PA950A

147 PA15F 203 PA180I 259 PA485A 315 PA720A 371 PA950B

148 PA15Ka 204 PA195A 260 PA490A 316 PA723Ab 372 PA950C

149 PA15L 205 PA195B 261 PA495A 317 PA725A 373 PA950E

150 PA15M 206 PA195Ca 262 PA495B 318 PA725Db 374 PA950F

151 PA15N 207 PA195D 263 PA495C 319 PA725H 375 PA950Gb

152 PA15O 208 PA195E 264 PA495G 320 PA725K 376 PA950Ia

153 PA15P 209 PA195F 265 PA495H 321 PA750G 377 PA950Ja

154 PA20B 210 PA195Gb 266 PA495Ia 322 PA750Kb 378 PA950Jb

155 PA20C 211 PA195J 267 PA495J 323 PA750Lb 379 PA950K

156 PA25A 212 PA195L 268 PA495K 324 PA750N 380 PA950La

Fifth Auction Of George Menge

1. All bids must be received by June 7, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders. 3. Minimum bid is the 6th Atwood.




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381 PA950Lb 437 SC210A 493 TN345C 549 TX145F 605 TX400B

382 PA950M 438 SC240Ca 494 TN345D 550 TX145G 606 TX445A

383 PA955A 439 SC310B 495 TN375A 551 TX145H 607 TX445I

384 PA965Ca 440 SC320A 496 TN375B 552 TX145J 608 TX445J

385 PA965Da 441 SC430B 497 TN375C 553 TX255Cb 609 TX445N

386 PA970A 442 SC450A 498 TN375D 554 TX255CFa 610 TX445Q

387 PA985C 443 SC450B 499 TN400A 555 TX255G 611 TX445R

388 PA985J 444 SC450C 500 TN400B 556 TX255M 612 TX445S

389 PA985K 445 SC450D 501 TN400E 557 TX255N 613 TX455A

390 PA990C 446 SC450E 502 TN400F 558 TX255P 614 TX460A

391 PA990D 447 SC500A 503 TN400G 559 TX255Q 615 TX531E

392 PA990E 448 SC500B 504 TN415Aa 560 TX255R 616 TX565A

393 PA995B 449 SC500C 505 TN415C 561 TX255S 617 TX565Bb

394 PA997A 450 SC730B 506 TN430A 562 TX255T 618 TX640A

395 PA997B 451 SC880Ab 507 TN430B 563 TX255U 619 TX640B

396 PA997N 452 SC880B 508 TN430Gb 564 TX255V 620 TX640C

397 PA1000D 453 SC1000A 509 TN430H 565 TX255W 621 TX690A

398 PA1000E 454 SC1000B 510 TN430J 566 TX255Y 622 TX690B

399 PA1000I 455 SD10A 511 TN430N 567 TX255Z 623 TX710B

400 RI520B 456 SD10B 512 TN430O 568 TX255AA 624 TX710C

401 RI520C 457 SD10D 513 TN430X 569 TX255AB 625 TX710E

402 RI520D 458 SD10G 514 TN540A 570 TX256A 626 TX750A

403 RI520Ea 459 SD10H 515 TN540C 571 TX270Aa 627 TX760A

404 RI520F 460 SD260A 516 TN540D 572 TX270B 628 TX760C

405 RI520G 461 SD260B 517 TN600C 573 TX275A 629 TX760D

406 RI520Hb 462 SD260C 518 TN600E 574 TX275B 630 TX760E

407 RI520J 463 SD680Aa 519 TN600G 575 TX275C 631 TX805A

408 RI521A 464 SD680B 520 TN600Ka 576 TX275D 632 TX805Ba

409 RI521B 465 SD760Ab 521 TN600L 577 TX275E 633 TX805C

410 RI521C 466 SD998D 522 TN600N 578 TX320H 634 TX805Db

411 RI521D 467 SD998E 523 TN600O 579 TX320J 635 TX810AD

412 RI521E 468 SD1000N 524 TN600Q 580 TX320K 636 TX810AF

413 RI521Fb 469 TN20A 525 TN600R 581 TX320L 637 TX810AG

414 RI521G 470 T6N20B 526 TN690F 582 TX320M 638 TX810AR

415 RI521H 471 TN20C 527 TN690H 583 TX320N 639 TX810AS

416 RI700A 472 TN20D 528 TN710Aa 584 TX320O 640 TX890A

417 RI700C 473 TN20E 529 TN710B 585 TX320P 641 TX890B

418 RI700Ga 474 TN20F 530 TN1000A 586 TX320Q 642 TX940A

419 RI700Gb 475 TN75F 531 TN1000B 587 TX320R 643 TX945Ab

420 RI700H 476 TN75G 532 TX30A 588 TX340F 644 TX985B

421 RI700I 477 TN75Ha 533 TX50A 589 TX340G 645 TX985C

422 RI700Jb 478 TN75I 534 TX50E 590 TX340H 646 TX1000B

423 RI700K 479 TN75J 535 TX50F 591 TX340Sb 647 TX1000C

424 RI700L 480 TN75K 536 TX50M 592 TX340T 648 TX1000D

425 RI700M 481 TN75L 537 TX55D 593 TX340V 649 TX1000E

426 RI700N 482 TN120A 538 TX65A 594 TX340W 650 TX1000F

427 RI700O 483 TN120B 539 TX65C 595 TX360B 651 TX1000G

428 RI700P 484 TN120Db 540 TX65G 596 TX360C 652 TX1000H

429 RI700Qa 485 TN120F 541 TX65H 597 TX360D 653 TX1000I

430 RI700Qb 486 TN120G 542 TX135D 598 TX360E 654 UT125A

431 RI700Ra 487 TN140A 543 TX135Ea 599 TX360K 655 UT300A

432 RI700Rb 488 TN215A 544 TX135H 600 TX360L 656 UT400C

433 RI700S 489 TN215B 545 TX135I 601 TX360M 657 UT650A

434 SC20A 490 TN250A 546 TX145A 602 TX360N 658 UT650D

435 SC40A 491 TN345A 547 TX145Da 603 TX360O 659 UT650Eb

436 SC110A 492 TN345B 548 TX145E 604 TX365A 660 UT750T


1. All bids must be received by June 7, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders. 3. Minimum bid is the 6th Atwood.




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THE 2014 AVA CONVENTION AUCTION TOKEN LIST Page 1 of 3

1. See the attached bid sheet for mail bidding address and instructions.

2. Bid by lot number only. Use the bid sheet enclosed of same format if mailing.

3. The Atwood-Coffee 6th Edition is the ruling Catalog Value, unless otherwise published in the Fare Box.

4. Bids of less than Catalog Value will not be accepted unless noted by an * and letter defined on page 3.

5. All winning bids over $5.00 will be adjusted to 10% over the second highest bid.

6. Postage and Insurance will be added to all winning mail bids.

7. Payment in full must be submitted, if requested, before your tokens can be mailed (over $100 invoice).

8. Bids must be in my hands, by snail or email, by 10:00 PM Friday, July 18, 2014.

9. I have no fax and do not accept phone bids. No bids will be revealed.

Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog

AL CA ID KS MA MN NE

1 40 A 37 845 A 71 640 A 107 540 E 142 115 U 180 230 C 216 440 H

2 120 C 38 845 G IL 108 820 E 143 115 AM 181 460 E 217 540 O

3 560 M 39 W/D 72 25 E 109 820 F 144 145 A 182 480 G 218 540 AB

4 750 N 40 1000 AG 73 70 D 110 880 A 145 145 D 183 480 H 219 700 Q

5 840 A 41 1000 AK 74 130 E KY 146 245 B 184 510 A 220 700 AD

AK CO 75 150 AG 111 45 C 147 245 C 185 540 A 221 800 B

6 50 G 42 30 A 76 150 AL 112 85 E 148 970 C 186 540 C 222 820 B

7 190 C 43 45 A 77 190 K 113 160 A 149 997 A 187 540 D NV

8 190 D 44 45 C 78 200 D 114 370 H 150 997 B 188 540 AA 223 500 A

9 300 I 45 260 W 79 235 D 115 480 D 151 997 C 189 620 B 224 500 E

10 300 W 46 600 A 80 250 M 116 480 F 152 997 D MS 225 500 F

11 450 A 47 690 C 81 320 B 117 480 H 153 998 B 190 W/D 226 500 I

12 450 O 48 690 E 82 600 D 118 480 L MI 191 900 I 227 900 A

13 825 C CT 83 795 A 119 510 A 154 5 D MO NH

14 825 D 49 35 H 84 950 C 120 510 C 155 5 H 192 140 A 228 30 A

AZ 50 35 M IN 121 510 L 156 30 A 193 200 B 229 500 D

15 375 C 51 130 A 85 390 I 122 510 Q 157 55 A 194 370 Eb 230 520 B

16 640 F 52 130 B 86 460 E LA 158 225 P 195 420 B 231 615 C

17 1000 B 53 210 C 87 500 A 123 520 A 159 225 S 196 420 E 232 615 D

18 1000 C 54 290 G 88 930 A 124 620 C 160 225 W 197 430 F 233 640 H

19 1000 E 55 550 A 89 1000 D 125 670 F 161 390 C 198 440 A 234 640 J

20 1000 K 56 550 C 90 1000 I 126 1000 C 162 395 Ab-1 199 440 R*2 NJ

21 1000 L 57 550 D IA ME 163 475 E 200 440 T 235 115 J

AR 58 1000 A 91 77 C 127 40 B 164 515 A 201 441 B 236 115 K

22 435 P FL 92 150 E 128 480 A 165 525 I 202 860 F 237 390 E

23 480 A 59 380 E 93 160 A 129 480 B 166 560 G 203 880 C 238 710 C

CA 60 380 F 94 230 B 130 710 A 167 560 AF 204 880 E 239 833 A

24 175 A 61 380 X 95 300 O MD 168 775 G 205 910 B 240 997 B

25 245 C 62 850 A 96 380 Fa 131 60 D 169 845 X 206 910 Y NM

26 395 C 63 1000 K 97 380 V 132 60 E 170 860 A 207 997 B 241 100 A

27 450 X GA 98 390 B 133 60 J 171 860 B MT 242 810 C

28 525 A 64 360 A 99 590 B 134 60 V 172 860 C 208 80 H NY

29 560 E HI 100 740 B 135 60 Z 173 885 C 209 480 D 243 10 M

30 615 B 65 540 D*1 101 800 B 136 840 E 174 999 A 210 480 F 244 25 Cb

31 640 A 66 540 E 102 930 D 137 840 F MN NE 245 105 G

32 745 AH ID KS MA 175 30 A 211 120 D 246 105 M

33 760 V 67 100 J 103 40 D 138 50 A 176 30 G 212 305 B 247 145 A

34 775 C 68 380 C 104 480 A 139 115 A 177 50 Nd 213 305 D 248 235 A

35 785 A 69 380 D 105 495 A 140 115 B 178 70 C 214 420 A 249 285 Da

36 805 B 70 380 G 106 495 B 141 115 Q 179 80 A 215 440 G 250 300 A

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Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog Lot Catalog

NY OH OR RI VT WI FF

251 425 C 297 440 L 344 970 A 391 700 A 437 150 B 482 430 C 519 IN-5

252 437 A 298 440 M 345 970 Cb 392 700 C 438 520 A 483 430 Eb 520 ME-1

253 437 D 299 440 O 346 998 F 393 700 H 439 595 A 484 440 G 521 MI-1

254 629 H 300 745 N 347 998 G 394 700 M 440 595 B 485 510 C 522 PA-1

255 630 Q 301 515 C PA 395 700 N 441 700 Ab 486 510 D*6 523 TX-1

256 630 AV 302 520 A 348 15 L 396 700 P VA 487 790 A MF

257 630 AW 303 520 Bb 349 15 N 397 700 Ra 442 20 E 488 790 La 524 5 N

258 630 BA 304 535 B.tk 350 25 A SC 443 20 F 489 1000 A 525 14 A

259 630 BH 305 552 H 351 65 F 398 210 A 444 20 G WY 526 16 E

260 631 A 306 660 C 352 65 O 399 240 Cb 445 155 A 490 100 A 527 30 A

261 631 G 307 660 D 353 135 Bb 400 310 L 446 500 H 491 100 Ea 528 35 A

262 631 K 308 660 Fb 354 146 C 401 430 F 447 530 B 492 120 C RN

263 631 R 309 726 A 355 165 Gb 402 430 G 448 600 G 493 120 K 529 206 A

264 632 B 310 745 B 356 165 Ia 403 450 E 449 600 L DC UU

265 632 C 311 745 D 357 180 G 404 490 B 450 620 G 494 500 N 530 4

266 680 A 312 745 E 358 180 I 405 500 B 451 620 H 495 997 A 531 82

267 735 E 313 750 A 359 195 D 406 500 C 452 620 K GU 532 126

268 745 A 314 815 C 360 195 F 407 1000 A 453 620 N 496 25 A 533 146

269 780 Bb 315 860 Jc 361 195 L TN 454 720 Db PH PP

270 780 K 316 870 B 362 295 B 408 20 A 455 775 A 497 50 G tn 534 P

271 830 E 317 915 C 363 360 C 409 20 E WA PR 535 AW

272 830 H OK 364 400 B 410 75 F 456 5 A 498 640 K TT

273 875 C 318 70 B 365 440 B 411 215 A 457 20 A 499 640 L 536 F

274 905 A 319 280 A 366 440 E 412 250 A 458 40 E 500 640 O 537 G

275 945 E 320 320 B 367 495 G 413 345 B 459 340 B 501 640 P 538 Q *7

276 995 B 321 590 B 368 495 J 414 375 A 460 340 D CANADA 539 Y

277 1000 D 322 610 C 369 495 L 415 400 E 461 595 B AB 540 AC

NC 323 640 Ga 370 525 A 416 430 Y 462 600 C 502 800 B CONVENTIONS

278 625 A 324 860 J 371 525 N*3 417 540 D 463 720 A BC CA

ND 325 860 Ma 372 526 IA 418 600 G 464 780 V 503 450 A 541 745 Y

279 260 Bb 326 860 S 373 585 Ab 419 600 N 465 780 Z 504 850 H 542 775 M

280 440 A*8 OR 374 590 D TX 466 840 A ON CO

OH 327 20 E 375 595 A 420 65 A 467 840 T 505 475 A tk 543 140 K

281 10 B 328 100 Aa 376 605 Bb 421 135 B 468 860 A 506 900 A CT

282 10 K 329 130 A 377 630 Ab 422 135 H 469 860 B 507 900 B 544 550 B

283 15 F 330 160 CAb 378 630 Bd 423 145 H 470 880 I (2) 508 900 C GA

284 25 A 331 160 D 379 725 D*4 424 145 J 471 880 J 509 900 Db 545 60 AG

285 35 C 332 160 K 380 750 O 425 255 Ca 472 970 A 510 900 J KS

286 60 A 333 240 B 381 750 BB 426 255 P WV MISC 546 55 A

287 125 G 334 340 A 382 770 C 427 340 F 473 200 D CC KY

288 165 T 335 500 A 383 955 A 428 340 W 474 240 A 511 GA-1 547 950 A

289 165 Uc 336 700 B 384 990 D 429 531 D*5 475 290 Ba 512 GA-2 MN

290 166 A 337 700 D 385 997 Ab 430 640 A 476 290 D 513 GA-7 548 540 AJ

291 175 Xb 338 700 Tb RI 431 640 C 477 830 C 514 GA-8 549 540 AK

292 200 Aa 339 700 V 386 520 D 432 760 E WI 515 MA-1 UT

293 230 M 340 700 W 387 521 E 433 805 Ba 478 40 Aa 516 MA-2 550 300 A

294 380 G 341 760 C 388 521 Fb 434 805 C 479 70 A FF

295 440 Jb 342 850 A 389 521 L 435 950 A 480 220 Ab 517 AR-1

296 440 Ka 343 880 A 390 521 P 436 965 D 481 220 Bb 518 CA-2

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NOTES

1. Rust free 5. .016 hole at noon pos. Send bids to:

2. No dent 6. supposedly GS mat'l

3. marked "3.00" 7. edge dent at 6 o'clock Keith Haney L-2467

4. counterstamped "DT / D" 8. 1.4mm tk 11 Sunset Circle

Wimberley, TX, 78676-2114

See mail bid sheet at end of this issue for more details. [email protected]

Reinstated Members

2337, Dorothy Raby, 28 Williamsburg Place, Dothan, AL, USA, 36305-1165, 334-794-9000, [email protected], 67, Artist/Writer, collects US, Can, & For TTs, signed by Jack Wingerter

APRIL 2014 NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT

On April 15, 2014 the first shipment of the year went out to NIS members. The tokens that were sent were AK190E, CO110N, FL671A, FL671B, FL671C, FL671D, FL671E, KY670Q, MI610I and WA190A. The 5 FL tokens are all carousel that we acquired for the price of acquiring just 2 of them.

It has been about 7 months since the last NIS Shipment. Thanks to the help of Joel Bernstein, Hal Ford and Ron Shearer we have had some luck in locating new transit tokens. Thanks you, gentlemen for your assistance. There are still openings to become a member of the NIS. Please send a request to become a member to the address below. You will receive the guidelines. Once you send a deposit you will become a member. If you would like to receive the last shipment as a new member, please send an additional $22.00 with your deposit. The guidelines can be sent by email. A list of surplus N.I.S. tokens is available to all A.V.A. members for a SASE. Bob Schneider NIS Manager, 2321 Londale Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 / [email protected] / 757 713-0786

Convention Reminder The AVA Convention is quickly approaching. The Auction List is in this issue, and contains over $8000 worth of some very good stuff. If you are going to mail in your bids, the deadline is July 18th. There is a bid sheet at the end of this newsletter, that needs to be sent to Keith Haney. For those of you attending the convention, make sure to book your rooms soon so you can get the group rate before the block of rooms sells out. The hotel can be reached as 916-446-0100. Also, send your $125 Convention Fee, plus the $46.37 for the Suspects Dinner Theater, should you wish to attend, to Joel Reznick. Complete details are in the February issue of the Fare Box.

tel:334-794-9000



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FARE BOX ~ BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE Advertising Manager: Tom Wallace ~ 105 Garden Lane ~ Winlock, WA 98596 ~ (360) 785.3245 ~ [email protected] ... Your ads should be no longer than 4 lines of size 12 Bold font… Larger ads must be sent to The Fare Box Editor. Your ad must contain your name & address with zip code. List your phone & email address if you want. NOTE: I’m now accepting more than one ad per member per month. Please! Only ads relating to items in the American Vecturist Association publications will be printed. #35 For Sale Better Carwash Tokens ~ AZ440A $16.00, CA295A $6.00, CA648A $6.00, CA665A $6.00, CA697C $6.00, CA775A $5.00, CA 775D $5.00, CA845B $6.00, CO 260Ba $5.00, CO260D $6.00, CO300B $6.00, IL150G $8.50, IK150Hb $6.00. Includes Postage. No phone calls please. Louis Lockwood ~ 10420 Sugardale St., Harrison, OH 45030-1734 Email: [email protected]

#35 For Sale 25 different Transit, Tax or Car Wash tokens. $7.50 plus postage. School Bus Ben - 216 Hampton Rd – Benton Harbor, MI – 49022 – [email protected]

#35 For Sale Lot of 100 AVA Personal Tokens, no duplicates, my choice, all for $25.00 plus postage. Tom Wallace – 105 Garden Lane – Winlock, WA 98596 – 360-785-3245 – Email: [email protected]

#35 For Sale 25 years of Fare Box News Letters. Send for more information. School Bus Ben - 216 Hampton Rd – Benton Harbor, MI – 49022 – [email protected]

#35 For Sale Better Carwash Tokens ~ IL150AL $20.00, KY005A $6.00, KY370B $6.00, MI 005D $5.00, MI 005E $5.00, MI 085A $6.00, MO440A $6.00, NM240B $16.00, OH 010B $8.50, OH353A $5.00, OH445D $6.00, OH975A $5.00, OR875A $6.00. Postage Included. No phone calls please. Louis Lockwood ~ 10420 Sugardale St., Harrison, OH 45030-1734 Email: [email protected]

#35 For Sale I have a hoard of Benton Harbor, Michigan / St John’s, Michigan transportation tokens (Apple & Ball) Brass. For sale – 4 for a dollar plus postage (minimum $.75.. School Bus Ben - 216 Hampton Rd – Benton Harbor, MI – 49022 – [email protected]

#45 Miscellaneous Does anyone have a copy of the following book in their personal library. Noel Cox and Alan Cox, The Tokens, Checks, Metallic Tickets, Passes and Tallies of Wales 1900 – 1993. (Cardiff, 1994). Yosef Sa’ar, Honorary AVA Life Member, [email protected]

#70 Wanted Nice looking, above average example of: CO110-A .. CO110-D .. Through K .. CO340-P .. CO440-B .. CO440-C .. CO830-M & N .. CO998-D .. OH 995-C ., TX630-A .. NE980-C .. CA 451-XA to YF. Ron Shearer Email: [email protected] 503 S.W. 42nd St Loveland, CO 80537

#70 Wanted PE 200 A or PE 200 B. John Karpinski - 8405 Summer Road - Macedonia, OH - 44056 - [email protected]









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VOLUME 69, NUMBER 6 JUNE 2014 OUR 804TH ISSUE - -

Remembrance of Times Past by Steve Lipshie

During a conversation at the AVA Convention in Austin in 2013, Bob Schneider suggested that I write a Fare Box article of reminiscences about my beginnings as a collector of transportation tokens. So for what follows, you can blame Bob. When I was a youngster in Iowa in the late 1940s and early ‘50s, adults could pay bus fare using the Des Moines token with the trolley bus (IA 300I). This token is the only one that I know of that shows a Type 2 bus modified to a trolley. As a child, though, my bus fare was a nickel, so this didn’t stimulate any interest in collecting tokens – I was more interested in collecting stamps in those days. My transportation token collecting started in 1958, the year that I began high school in North Hollywood, California. I rode one of the

city bus lines to school and in doing so, I discovered that three tokens were used interchangeably: the Los Angeles Railway, Pacific Electric Railway, and Los Angeles Transit tokens (CA 450B, I, J). This piqued my interest and was the beginning of my token collecting. Over the next twelve years, I never ran across another collector and slowly accumulated a collection of about fifty tokens, most of them from friends and a few from coin dealers’ junk boxes. Shortly after I joined AVA, I received an invitation to participate in a local group, the Southern California Association of Token Collectors. So I started going to their meetings, which were usually hosted – very graciously, I might add – by Elaine Willahan and Andy Crusen in South L.A. It was a small but convivial group, and although most members had known each other for quite a few years, they warmly welcomed a novice collector to their

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circle. Among the more active participants was Bob Ritterband, a fine gentleman who was AVA President twice and was chairman of the AVA conventions at Disneyland (1966) and in Los Angeles (1975). Other regular attendees included Roland Atwood, Ken and Kirk Smith, Bob Carter, Bob Kubach, and Steve Alpert. Roland Atwood (AVA #1), the “grand old man” of transportation token collecting, was then in his late 70s, in declining health, and had long ago given up collecting transportation tokens. In the early 1970s his passion was collecting wooden nickels good for a 10-cent cup of coffee at Sambo’s Restaurants. As a side note to anyone who is too young to know, Sambo’s was a restaurant chain that was a major competitor of Denny’s before a controversy arose in the late 1970s over their politically incorrect name, after which they eventually disappeared. Roland lived in a small, rather old aluminum trailer, in an equally old trailer park (now long gone, the victim of skyrocketing land values) in Santa Monica. He didn’t drive anymore, even though he had worked as a chauffeur before World War II, so on several occasions I gave him a ride home after the meetings. My first AVA convention was the Los Angeles meeting in 1975, but because of first grad school and then employment, my next convention was not until 36 years later in Salt Lake City, shortly after I retired. The 1975 convention was the only time that I had the opportunity to meet John Coffee in person, although we corresponded sporadically over four decades. I regret not seeing him in person again after that, since I always admired the elegance of his writings in The Fare Box and his dedication to the hobby and to the AVA. After Roland passed away, John inherited the mantle of “grand old man” of transportation token collecting, a title that he richly merited. Over more than four decades of AVA membership I’ve met or corresponded with quite a few transportation token collectors, and I am grateful to have met (in person or through the mail) so many interesting, upstanding, and personable folks over the years. For that experience I am grateful to AVA and to those who keep it going. Many thanks to all!

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101 OR160E 157 PA25B 213 PA265A 269 PA495L 325 PA750O

102 OR160G 158 PA65B 214 PA295A 270 PA495N 326 PA750W

103 OR160H 159 PA65C 215 PA295B 271 PA495P 327 PA750Xa

104 OR160Ja 160 PA65D 216 PA295C 272 PA495Q 328 PA750Y

105 0R160K 161 PA65F 217 PA305Ba 273 PA495R 329 PA750Z

106 OR160L 162 PA65G 218 PA305C 274 PA495Sa 330 PA750AB

107 OR240A 163 PA65H 219 PA320Aa 275 PA495T 331 PA750AJ

108 OR240B 164 PA65K 220 PA325Ab 276 PA495U 332 PA750AN

109 0R240L 165 PA65L 221 PA325Ba 277 PA495AD 333 PA750AS

110 OR340A 166 PA65M 222 PA325Bb 278 PA495AE 334 PA750AT

111 OR420A 167 PA65N 223 PA325C 279 PA495AF 335 PA750AU

112 OR460A 168 PA65O 224 PA325D 280 PA515B 336 PA750AY

113 OR500A 169 PA65Q 225 PA325E 281 PA515C 337 PA750BA

114 OR520A 170 PA85A 226 PA340C 282 PA525A 338 PA750BB

115 OR680A 171 PA110C 227 PA340D 283 PA525Fb 339 PA750BC

116 OR680B 172 PA110D 228 PA360A 284 PA525H 340 PA750BD

117 OR700A 173 PA110E 229 PA360B 285 PA525I 341 PA750BE

118 OR700B 174 PA110F 230 PA360C 286 PA525J 342 PA765R

119 OR700C 175 PA110G 231 PA400B 287 PA525K 343 PA765AG

120 OR700D 176 PA125B 232 PA400C 288 PA525L 344 PA765AK

121 OR700E 177 PA135A 233 PA400D 289 PA525M 345 PA770C

122 OR700F 178 PA135B 234 PA405A 290 PA525N 346 PA775Ac

123 OR700P 179 PA142A 235 PA415A 291 PA525O 347 PA780Ac

124 OR700Q 180 PA142B 236 PA420A 292 PA525P 348 PA780B

125 OR700Ra 181 PA142C 237 PA425B 293 PA525Q 349 PA780C

126 OR700S 182 PA142D 238 PA425Ca 294 PA555A 350 PA785Ca

127 OR700Tb 183 PA145A 239 PA440A 295 PA575B 351 PA785Fa

128 OR700Z 184 PA146A 240 PA440B 296 PA575C 352 PA785Ga

129 OR700AA 185 PA146B 241 PA440C 297 PA575Ea 353 PA785H

130 OR760B 186 PA146C 242 PA440D 298 PA590D 354 PA785I

131 OR760C 187 PA150A 243 PA440E 299 PA595A 355 PA810A

132 OR800B 188 PA150B 244 PA445A 300 PA595B 356 PA815A

133 OR800C 189 PA165A 245 PA445B 301 PA605Bb 357 PA850D

134 OR800D 190 PA165E 246 PA445C 302 PA605Da 358 PA860A

135 OR800E 191 PA165F 247 PA445D 303 PA605Ea 359 PA870Ab

136 OR800F 192 PA165Ga 248 PA455A 304 PA605F 360 PA870B

137 OR820A 193 PA165H 249 PA455Ea 305 PA605I 361 PA870C

138 OR850A 194 PA165Ib 250 PA455G 306 PA630Ab 362 PA875B

139 OR880A 195 PA175A 251 PA455Ha 307 PA630Bc 363 PA920Aa

140 OR880C 196 PA175B 252 PA458A 308 PA630Cb 364 PA920Cb

141 OR970A 197 PA180A 253 PA460A 309 PA645Ab 365 PA930A

142 OR970B 198 PA180C 254 PA460B 310 PA650A 366 PA930B

143 OR970C 199 PA180D 255 PA460D 311 PA650B 367 PA940A

144 OR998D 200 PA180E 256 PA465A 312 PA650E 368 PA945B

145 OR998E 201 PA180G 257 PA470A 313 PA655A 369 PA945C

146 PA15C 202 PA180H 258 PA475A 314 PA705Da 370 PA950A

147 PA15F 203 PA180I 259 PA485A 315 PA720A 371 PA950B

148 PA15Ka 204 PA195A 260 PA490A 316 PA723Ab 372 PA950C

149 PA15L 205 PA195B 261 PA495A 317 PA725A 373 PA950E

150 PA15M 206 PA195Ca 262 PA495B 318 PA725Db 374 PA950F

151 PA15N 207 PA195D 263 PA495C 319 PA725H 375 PA950Gb

152 PA15O 208 PA195E 264 PA495G 320 PA725K 376 PA950Ia

153 PA15P 209 PA195F 265 PA495H 321 PA750G 377 PA950Ja

154 PA20B 210 PA195Gb 266 PA495Ia 322 PA750Kb 378 PA950Jb

155 PA20C 211 PA195J 267 PA495J 323 PA750Lb 379 PA950K

156 PA25A 212 PA195L 268 PA495K 324 PA750N 380 PA950La


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381 PA950Lb 437 SC210A 493 TN345C 549 TX145F 605 TX400B

382 PA950M 438 SC240Ca 494 TN345D 550 TX145G 606 TX445A

383 PA955A 439 SC310B 495 TN375A 551 TX145H 607 TX445I

384 PA965Ca 440 SC320A 496 TN375B 552 TX145J 608 TX445J

385 PA965Da 441 SC430B 497 TN375C 553 TX255Cb 609 TX445N

386 PA970A 442 SC450A 498 TN375D 554 TX255CFa 610 TX445Q

387 PA985C 443 SC450B 499 TN400A 555 TX255G 611 TX445R

388 PA985J 444 SC450C 500 TN400B 556 TX255M 612 TX445S

389 PA985K 445 SC450D 501 TN400E 557 TX255N 613 TX455A

390 PA990C 446 SC450E 502 TN400F 558 TX255P 614 TX460A

391 PA990D 447 SC500A 503 TN400G 559 TX255Q 615 TX531E

392 PA990E 448 SC500B 504 TN415Aa 560 TX255R 616 TX565A

393 PA995B 449 SC500C 505 TN415C 561 TX255S 617 TX565Bb

394 PA997A 450 SC730B 506 TN430A 562 TX255T 618 TX640A

395 PA997B 451 SC880Ab 507 TN430B 563 TX255U 619 TX640B

396 PA997N 452 SC880B 508 TN430Gb 564 TX255V 620 TX640C

397 PA1000D 453 SC1000A 509 TN430H 565 TX255W 621 TX690A

398 PA1000E 454 SC1000B 510 TN430J 566 TX255Y 622 TX690B

399 PA1000I 455 SD10A 511 TN430N 567 TX255Z 623 TX710B

400 RI520B 456 SD10B 512 TN430O 568 TX255AA 624 TX710C

401 RI520C 457 SD10D 513 TN430X 569 TX255AB 625 TX710E

402 RI520D 458 SD10G 514 TN540A 570 TX256A 626 TX750A

403 RI520Ea 459 SD10H 515 TN540C 571 TX270Aa 627 TX760A

404 RI520F 460 SD260A 516 TN540D 572 TX270B 628 TX760C

405 RI520G 461 SD260B 517 TN600C 573 TX275A 629 TX760D

406 RI520Hb 462 SD260C 518 TN600E 574 TX275B 630 TX760E

407 RI520J 463 SD680Aa 519 TN600G 575 TX275C 631 TX805A

408 RI521A 464 SD680B 520 TN600Ka 576 TX275D 632 TX805Ba

409 RI521B 465 SD760Ab 521 TN600L 577 TX275E 633 TX805C

410 RI521C 466 SD998D 522 TN600N 578 TX320H 634 TX805Db

411 RI521D 467 SD998E 523 TN600O 579 TX320J 635 TX810AD

412 RI521E 468 SD1000N 524 TN600Q 580 TX320K 636 TX810AF

413 RI521Fb 469 TN20A 525 TN600R 581 TX320L 637 TX810AG

414 RI521G 470 T6N20B 526 TN690F 582 TX320M 638 TX810AR

415 RI521H 471 TN20C 527 TN690H 583 TX320N 639 TX810AS

416 RI700A 472 TN20D 528 TN710Aa 584 TX320O 640 TX890A

417 RI700C 473 TN20E 529 TN710B 585 TX320P 641 TX890B

418 RI700Ga 474 TN20F 530 TN1000A 586 TX320Q 642 TX940A

419 RI700Gb 475 TN75F 531 TN1000B 587 TX320R 643 TX945Ab

420 RI700H 476 TN75G 532 TX30A 588 TX340F 644 TX985B

421 RI700I 477 TN75Ha 533 TX50A 589 TX340G 645 TX985C

422 RI700Jb 478 TN75I 534 TX50E 590 TX340H 646 TX1000B

423 RI700K 479 TN75J 535 TX50F 591 TX340Sb 647 TX1000C

424 RI700L 480 TN75K 536 TX50M 592 TX340T 648 TX1000D

425 RI700M 481 TN75L 537 TX55D 593 TX340V 649 TX1000E

426 RI700N 482 TN120A 538 TX65A 594 TX340W 650 TX1000F

427 RI700O 483 TN120B 539 TX65C 595 TX360B 651 TX1000G

428 RI700P 484 TN120Db 540 TX65G 596 TX360C 652 TX1000H

429 RI700Qa 485 TN120F 541 TX65H 597 TX360D 653 TX1000I

430 RI700Qb 486 TN120G 542 TX135D 598 TX360E 654 UT125A

431 RI700Ra 487 TN140A 543 TX135Ea 599 TX360K 655 UT300A

432 RI700Rb 488 TN215A 544 TX135H 600 TX360L 656 UT400C

433 RI700S 489 TN215B 545 TX135I 601 TX360M 657 UT650A

434 SC20A 490 TN250A 546 TX145A 602 TX360N 658 UT650D

435 SC40A 491 TN345A 547 TX145Da 603 TX360O 659 UT650Eb

436 SC110A 492 TN345B 548 TX145E 604 TX365A 660 UT750T


1. All bids must be received by July 5, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders. 3. Minimum bid is the 6th Atwood.




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Eighth Auction of Tokens from the Charles McKee Collection

1. All bids must be received or postmarked by July 10, 2014. 2. Postage and insurance will be added to all orders.




high bid.

Send bids to: Rich Mallicote, 1039 Arbor Drive, Lakemont, GA 30552 or [email protected]. Phone 678-642-6933.

# Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID # Token ID 1 VA600F 57 WA840S 113 WI220G 169 WY750B 225 CC-OH5

2 VA600I 58 WA840T 114 WI220U 170 DC500A 226 CC-OH6

3 VA600J 59 WA840V 115 WI230A 171 DC500B 227 CC-WI1

4 VA600L 60 WA840W 116 WI250C 172 DC500D 228 CC-WI3

5 VA620B 61 WA860A 117 WI250E 173 DC500G 229

6 VA620C 62 WA860B 118 WI250F 174 DC500H 230

7 VA620J 63 WA880A 119 WI300B 175 DC500Ia 231

8 VA620P 64 WA880F 120 WI300D 176 DC500Ib 232

9 VA620R 65 WA880G 121 WI300E 177 DC500J 233

10 VA700C 66 WA880I 122 WI320A 178 DC500AE 234

11 VA700E 67 WA880J 123 WI330B 179 DC500AF 235

12 VA700F 68 WA880N 124 WI330I 180 DC500AI 236

13 VA700G 69 WA880O 125 WI370A 181 DC500AJ 237

14 VA710B 70 WA880Q 126 WI410B 182 DC500AQ 238

15 VA720D 71 WA960B 127 WI410G 183 DC997A 239

16 VA720E 72 WA960D 128 WI430B 184 DC997B 240

17 VA720F 73 WA960E 129 WI430D 185 241

18 VA775A 74 WA970A 130 WI430I 186 AM205B 242

19 VA820A 75 WA990A 131 WI430J 187 PP-AV 243

20 VA885A 76 WA990D 132 WI430K 188 FF-AR1 244

21 VA920B 77 WA1000B 133 WI490B 189 FF-IN1 245

22 VA985A 78 WV180A 134 WI500C 190 FF-IN2 246

23 VA985B 79 WV200A 135 WI510D 191 FF-IN4 247

24 VA985E 80 WV200B 136 WI600C 192 FF-IN5 248

25 VA985F 81 WV200D 137 WI620C 193 FF-MT1 249

26 VA985G 82 WV200F 138 WI620D 194 FF-OH1 250

27 VA985I 83 WV240A 139 WI700D 195 FF-TX1 251

28 WA5B 84 WV290A 140 WI700E 196 FF-UT2 252

29 WA10A 85 WV290B 141 WI700M 197 FF-WA1 253

30 WA20A 86 WV290C 142 WI790I 198 FF-WI1 254

31 WA40C 87 WV480D 143 WI790L 199 CC-AZ1 255

32 WA40E 88 WV640A 144 WI790M 200 CC-GA1 256

33 WA40F 89 WV790A 145 WI790Q 201 CC-GA2 257

34 WA80D 90 WV830B 146 WI790R 202 CC-GA3 258

35 WA140A 91 WV830D 147 WI790S 203 CC-GA4 259

36 WA300C 92 WV830F 148 WI850C 204 CC-GA5 260

37 WA300E 93 WV890Q 149 WI920G 205 CC-GA6 261

38 WA300F 94 WI30A 150 WI930D 206 CC-GA7 262

39 WA340D 95 WI30B 151 WI930E 207 CC-GA8 263

40 WA580A 96 WI30C 152 WI940A 208 CC-IL1 264

41 WA595B 97 WI40A 153 WI940B 209 CC-IL2 265

42 WA595C 98 WI40B 154 WI940G 210 CC-IL3 266

43 WA600C 99 WI40E 155 WI975E 211 CC-IL4 267

44 WA670A 100 WI40H 156 WI998A 212 CC-IL5 268

45 WA690B 101 WI40I 157 WI1000A 213 CC-IL6 269

46 WA690C 102 WI70A 158 WY60A 214 CC-IL7 270

47 WA720A 103 WI110C 159 WY100A 215 CC-MA1 271

48 WA740A 104 WI110D 160 WY100D 216 CC-MA2 272

49 WA740B 105 WI110E 161 WY100E 217 CC-MA4 273

50 WA740C 106 WI110F 162 WY120L 218 CC-MA6 274

51 WA745A 107 WI170C 163 WY120M 219 CC-MI1 275

52 WA780K 108 WI170D 164 WY120N 220 CC-MI2 276

53 WA780W 109 WI220A 165 WY120O 221 CC-MI3 277

54 WA780Y 110 WI220B 166 WY120P 222 CC-OH2 278

55 WA780AA 111 WI220E 167 WY120Q 223 CC-OH3 279

56 WA800A 112 WI220F 168 WY120R 224 CC-OH4 280


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Bob Schneider sends along the following about the Watertown Area Transit in Watertown, South Dakota:

The Token Program Watertown Area Transit, Inc. made the transition from a paper ticket system to the current "Token Program" in June 2012. The tokens have proven to be a popular commodity among riders. Sold in bags of 10, the plastic tokens are much easier to handle for the clients as well as the drivers. The older clients often had difficulty tearing the paper tickets out of the book and the paper was more difficult to deal with for the drivers when counting out fares at the end of the day. The plastic tokens will not be destroyed when accidentally tossed in the washing machine. Recirculation the plastic tokens eliminated the cost of printing paper tickets.

The program was started by securing donations from local supporters Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Dacotah Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Phi Beta Delta Sorority, and First Bank and Trust. Our initial order was for 12,000 tokens. This included the royal blue tokens representing the $2 fare and the green tokens representing the $3 fare. The logos of the various sponsors were printed on each token along with the WATI logo and information. WATI carried the process one step further, ordering 500 small zip pouches in assorted colors. Thee pouches came with the WATI log printed on them and were designed to conveniently hold 20 tokens. This item also proved to be quite popular with our clients, especially the youth. Parents realized quickly the pouches were an easy way for their children to keep track of the tokens. Our tokens can be purchased from the transit office or from any of the drivers. They carry an

ample supply of both values of tokens on their buses. The tokens have become popular Christmas gifts, especially for those whose sole mode of transportation is the bus. Assisted living facilities in the community, apartment complexes with senior populations, nursing homes, community support providers, mental health counseling centers, churches and shelters often purchase tokens in bulk and distribute them as deemed necessary. As WATI continues to expand and grow in ridership, we anticipate the need for more tokens to be introduced into circulation. Because the program is 100 percent publically funded, continued support from the current sponsors, additional funding from new sponsors combined with continued community support will be necessary to keep the program moving forward.

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FARE BOX ~ BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE Advertising Manager: Tom Wallace ~ 105 Garden Lane ~ Winlock, WA 98596 ~ (360) 785.3245 ~ [email protected] ... Your ads should be no longer than 4 lines of size 12 Bold font… Larger ads must be sent to The Fare Box Editor. Your ad must contain your name & address with zip code. List your phone & email address if you want. NOTE: I’m now accepting more than one ad per member per month. Please! Only ads relating to items in the American Vecturist Association publications will be printed. #15 Buy/Sell/Trade AVA Personal tokens & Mirrors. Also I collect all things AVA that were handouts at the AVA Conventions. If you can help my collections please let me know. Tom Wallace–105 Garden Lane–Winlock,WA 98596–360-785-3245– [email protected] #35 For Sale Send $5.00 (to cover postage), receive a nice selection of tokens and transit related material. Stan Varnon 805 Oak Ridge Drive – Birmingham, AL 35214-2803 205-913-9079 – [email protected] #35 For Sale 323 ALL DIFFERENT Parking Tokens. All labeled, numbered, in 2 x 2's. LESS THAN $1 EACH !!! $315 including Priority Mail shipping , USA only. Send email for scans. Lou Salerno 75 Golden Oak Drive, Portola Valley, CA 94028-7909. [email protected] #35 For Sale Lot of 45 less common US trolley, bus and streetcar tokens, all cataloged at $1 or more in the Atwood-Coffee catalog. Sold as complete lot only for $150 with free shipping. CA745F, CA760F, CA760F, CA760H, T290M, GA240C, IL150Z, KY480M, KY480Q, MA115L, MA115L, ME480C, NC670A, NY210A, NY210B, NY623A, NY629L, NY630AN, NY630AN, NY630AN, NY630AP, NY631Q, NY631S, NY690A, NY875N, NY995C, OK70C, OK860K, OK860Q, PA15L, PA25D, PA340C, PA340C, PA360B, PA360C, PA420A, PA495N, PA525P, PA525Q, VA780E, VT180A, VT60AM, WA780K.Larry Bosler –868 East Lexington Ave –Gilbert, AZ - 85234-5908, 480-503- [email protected] #45 Miscellaneous Take a look at TRANSPORTATION TOKEN COLLECTORS group on Facebook. Horsecar tokens of Buenos Aires, modern bus token from Italy, US tokens for trade, new Lahore PAK Metro bus token and more. All with color images. Yosef Sa’ar, Honorary AVA Life Member, [email protected] #70 Wanted I need too many Iowa car wash tokens to list. Please send me a list of what you have for sale. Dan Anderson – PO Box 2752 – Iowa City, IA 52244. [email protected] #70 Wanted Washington State Transit tokens. Ask for my list of what I have and it will be either emailed or snail mailed to you. Thanks for your time. Hope to hear from you. Tom Wallace–105 Garden Lane–Winlock,WA 98596–360-785-3245– [email protected]






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#70 Wanted Need the following Iowa Parking tokens. Ames 303Aab, Cedar Rapids 3150Bab, Des Moines 3300 Ca, E, F, Habc, Dyersville 3325a, Muscatine 3640Aab, Sioux City 3850A, B, C, E, Waterloo 3930Ab plus any not listed in the printed catalog. Dan Anderson – PO Box 2752 – Iowa City, IA 52244. [email protected] #70 Wanted Sofspra Car Wash Tokens from Amarillo and Canyon, Texas. Paying well for them. Bob Nolan – 3932 Brighton Road – Pittsburgh, PA – 15212-1508 – [email protected] #70 Wanted I need the following Iowa Transportation Tokens: 30A, 77E, H, 100A, 310Ea, K, 380L, M, 740F, H, 930O. Zone Checks 997B. Patterns 998A, B. Fantasies Iowa 1 & 2. Dan Anderson–PO Box 2752–Iowa City, IA 52244. [email protected] #70 Wanted Nice looking, above average tokens Horse car.CA 575 Aa, CA 575 Ab, IN 280 A, IA 390 A, ME 480 A, NY 630 BB, TN 375 A,WI 360 C, ON 675 A. Bob Burlingame N51 W27854 Willow Creek Dr. Pewaukee, WI 53072 1-262-695-1097 [email protected]


Convention News

All money for the convention must be received by June 30th!

The convention fee this year is $125, with an additional

$46.37 if you wish to attend the Suspects Dinner. Details

are in the February issue of the Fare Box. Mail dues to:

Joel J. Reznick

1591 Monarch Drive

Venice, FL 34293-0302

Also, the block of rooms at the hotel must also be reserved

by June 30th to receive the discounted rate. Book your room

by calling the Holiday Inn at 916-446-0100.

Complete details are in the February issue of the Fare Box.

There was a typo in the Convention Auction. Lot 300 is

actually OH 475 N. Please take note when placing your bids!

The deadline for mail bids is Friday, July 18th!




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Gary Parent

Sadly, we must report the passing of Gary Parent, AVA-3393. Gary passed away June 6 at the age of 68. Gary was a long time coin collector, who only joined the AVA in February, 2011. He attended all conventions since his joining, and was incredibly active in token collecting. Gary was a retired American Airlines pilot. Many of his flight were to and from Hawaii, which proved to be perfect, as Gary was able to spend time golfing during his layovers. Gary has been incredibly active in the AVA in only three short years. After the passing of John Coffee, Gary help catalogued, and auction off all of Dr. Coffee's token books and memorabilia. For the past two years, Gary has been our Fare Box Distributor; responsible for printing, folding, labeling, stamping and mailing all Fare Box issues. Gary was instrumental in making the organization run smoothly. Farewell to a good friend.

New Members 3463, Jerome J. Ghigliotti, Jr., PO Box 2487, Napa, CA, USA, 94558-0248, [email protected], Retired, collects US TTs, signed by K. Baron 3464, Garth Huband, 6011 53 Avenue, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, T4J 1K8, 403-783-8843, 50, [email protected], Nurse, collects US, Can, and For TTs, signed by K. Baron

Reinstated Members 1759, Mark A. Ford, 9771 Collie Way, Elk Grove, CA, USA, 95757-6223, 916-715-2242, [email protected], 45, Librarian, collects US TTs, signed by K. Baron 2087, Charles E. (Chuck) Mattson, 3460 South Poplar Street, Apt 410, Denver, CO, USA, 80224-2925, 303-238-5719, [email protected], 70, Retired, collects US, Can, & For TTs, signed by K.Baron

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My Token Collecting Fred Sader, AVA 2295

I had been collecting transit tokens for about three years in conjunction with the Charlotte Trolley Inc. organization which I joined in 1997. Always having had an interest in transportation, I saw an announcement of the opening of a volunteer trolley operation in Charlotte with a mile of track running from Atherton Mill to just over the Belk Freeway to be run weekends and special occasions. I decided to make the hour and a half drive to see the opening, that included the fire department providing water arches under which initial run traversed. I decided to join the group, learn to operate, and be involved. Shortly after joining, the museum curator asked if I could help with a small collection of transit tokens used primarily on trolleys which the group had. I agreed and was hooked. At that time the curator was an AVA member but I became the token collection person, and started collecting for myself. I joined the AVA in 2000. We had a pin map of the US with all the tokens displayed in a shadow box marked and pinned on the map. My personal collection grew to well past what we could have displayed. In 2004 the City of Charlotte took over the Trolley and I became the first operator hired to run a rail transit vehicle in the city, for the city, and by the city in fifty-six years. My first international tokens came from Charlotte's sister cities. I felt that it would have been a neat addition to the shadow box as these cities had a connection to the city and would have been of interest to some and would tie the collection to Charlotte's history and present time. As my collection grew my aspirations grew as well to include transit tokens from each continent. Only Antarctica eludes me in having some recognized transit tokens from each. Currently I am working on a list tokens for the International Catalogue Supplement from the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Ranko Mandić published a catalogue in depth covering tokens from the six countries involved. The entire is book 370 pages with 13 pages covering transportation or related tokens. The book is multilingual including English. Each of the six countries has entries, but Serbia and Slovenia have the most by far.

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101 UT750U 157 VA620K 213 WA860B 269 WI170B 325 WI940A

102 UT750V 158 VA620L 214 WA880A 270 WI170C 326 WI940B

103 VT60A 159 VA620N 215 WA880F 271 WI170D 327 WI975A

104 VT150B 160 VA620T 216 WA880G 272 WI220Ab 328 WI975B

105 VT150F 161 VA700B 217 WA880H 273 WI220Bb 329 WI975E

106 VT150G 162 VA700C 218 WA880I 274 WI220E 330 WI980A

107 VT150H 163 VA700D 219 WA880J 275 WI220F 331 WI980G

108 VT180A 164 VA700E 220 WA880N 276 WI220G 332 WI998E

109 VT520Ab 165 VA700F 221 WA880O 277 WI230A 333 WI998F

110 VT595A 166 VA700G 222 WA880Q 278 WI250C 334 WI998G

111 VY595B 167 VA720A 223 WA940A 279 WI250E 335 WI998H

112 VT700Aa 168 VA720B 224 WA940B 280 WI300B 336 WI1000A

113 VT700B 169 VA720C 225 WA940C 281 WI300D 337 WY60A

114 VT700D 170 VA720Da 226 WA960A 282 WI330Bb 338 WY100Aa

115 VT810A 171 VA720Ea 227 WA960B 283 WI360A 339 WY100B

116 VA20D 172 VA720F 228 WA960Cb 284 WI410A 340 WY100C

117 VA20E 173 VA730E 229 WA960Db 285 WI410B 341 WY100D

118 VA20F 174 VA775A 230 WA960E 286 WI410E 342 WY100Eb

119 VA20G 175 VA820A 231 WA970A 287 WI410F 343 WY100I

120 VA20H 176 VA885A 232 WA970B 288 WI430B 344 WY100K

121 VA20I 177 VA985A 233 WA990A 289 WI430D 345 WY120C

122 VA20J 178 VA985B 234 WA990B 290 WI430Ea 346 WY120E

123 VA65B 179 WA5A 235 WA1000B 291 WI430H 347 WY120L

124 VA80A 180 WA5Bc 236 WV100B 292 WI430I 348 WY120M

125 VA120A 181 WA10A 237 WV180A 293 WI430J 349 WY120N

126 VA120B 182 WA20A 238 WV200A 294 WI430K 350 WY120O

127 VA155A 183 WA40C 239 WV200B 295 WI440F 351 WY120P

128 VA280B 184 WA40E 240 WV200D 296 WI440G 352 WY120Q

129 VA500A 185 WA80D 241 WV200F 297 WI440H 353 WY150B

130 VA500Ca 186 WA140A 242 WV240A 298 WI440I 354 WY660A

131 VA500E 187 WA250F 243 WV290A 299 WI490B 355 WY750A

132 VA500H 188 WA340B 244 WV290Ba 300 WI500B 356 DC500A

133 VA500I 189 WA340C 245 WV290C 301 WI500C 357 DC500Bf

134 VA500J 190 WA340D 246 WV290D 302 WI500D 358 DC500D

135 VA530A 191 WA595B 247 WV290H 303 WI500E 359 DC500E

136 VA530B 192 WA595C 248 WV830B 304 WI510C 360 DC500Gc

137 VA580C 193 WA600C 249 WV830C 305 WI510D 361 DC500Hb

138 VA580O 194 WA670A 250 WV830F 306 WI510F 362 DC500Ia

139 VA580T 195 WA690B 251 WV860A 307 WI510K 363 DC500Ib

140 VA600Aa 196 WA690C 252 WV860B 308 WI600C 364 DC500J

141 VA600B 197 WA720A 253 WV890Qb 309 WI620Aa 365 DC500N

142 VA600Cb 198 WA740A 254 WI30Ab 310 WI700Dc 366 DC500O

143 VA600D 199 WA740B 255 WI30Bb 311 WI700E 367 DC500AE

144 VA600F 200 WA740C 256 WI30C 312 WI700M 368 DC500AF

145 VA600G 201 WA780Ga 257 WI40A 313 WI790A 369 DC500AI

146 VA600I 202 WA780Ib 258 WI40B 314 WI790I 370 DC500AJ

147 VA600J 203 WA780Ka 259 WI40Ec 315 WI790J 371 DC500AQ

148 VA600L 204 WA780U 260 WI40F 316 WI790Lb 372 DC997A

149 VA620A 205 WA780W 261 WI40G 317 WI790Ma 373 DC997B

150 VA620B 206 WA780Xb 262 WI40H 318 WI850C

151 VA620C 207 WA780Y 263 WI40I 319 WI870A 374 GU25A

152 VA620F 208 WA780AA 264 WI70A 320 WI870G

153 VA620G 209 WA840M 265 WI110C 321 WI870H 375 PI50A

154 VA620H 210 WA840S 266 WI110D 322 WI920G 376 PI500A

155 VA620I 211 WA840T 267 WI110E 323 WI930D 377 PI500C

156 VA620Jb 212 WA860A 268 WI110F 324 WI930E 378 PI500D

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475 ON125A

379 PR640J 447 AB250A 476 ON170A

380 PR640K 448 AB275A 477 ON200A

381 PR640L 402 8A 428 17C 449 AB450B 478 ON325C

382 PR640M 403 8C 429 22A 450 AB450C 479 ON400A

383 PR640N 404 8E 430 22B 451 SAB450D 480 ON475Aa

384 PR640O 405 8H 431 27A 452 BC450Aa 481 ON675A

385 PR640P 406 9B 432 27C 453 BC450E 482 ON675Ea

386 PR640Q 407 11A 433 28B 454 BC600C 483 ON675Eb

387 PR640R 408 11B 434 32A 455 BC625A 484 ON675F

388 PR640S 409 11C 435 33A 456 BC700A 485 ON825A

389 PR998A 410 11D 436 35A 457 BC800E 486 ON900A

411 11E 437 35B 458 BC850B 487 ON900B

412 11F 459 BC850H 488 ON900Ca

390 VI1000A 413 11G 460 MB200A 489 ON900Db

391 VI1000B 414 13A 461 MB200C 490 ON900Ea

392 VI1000C 415 13B 438 206A 462 MB900A 491 ON900F

416 13C 463 MB900G 492 ON900G

393 126 417 13D 439 F 464 NS75E 493 ON900H

418 13F 440 G 465 NS75F 494 ON900I

419 13G 441 O 466 NS100I 495 PQ345D

394 5L 420 13I 442 X 467 NS100Ja 496 PQ620Q

395 5M 421 13J 443 AC 468 NS100K 497 PQ620S

396 5N 422 13K 469 NS100Lb 498 PQ620Wb

397 5O 423 14A 444 CA1 470 NS200A 499 PQ620Y

398 7A 424 14C 445 MI1 471 NS350Ab 500 PQ620ABc

399 7D 425 16A 446 WI1 472 NS350B 501 PQ925D

400 7Ea 426 16C 473 NS450A 502 PQ925E

401 7F 427 17B 474 NS850E 503 PQ970B

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A Checklist of Horsecar Tokens of the World compiled by Yosef Sa'ar 20.06.14

Transport tokens that depict a street railway car being pulled by animal power.Item Country Code # City Name of Company on Token Value/Material/Note

1 ARG 100 A Barracas Tramway de la Boca y Barracas 2/black2 ARG 100 B Barracas Tramway de la Boca y Barracas 3/black3 ARG 100 C Barracas Tramway de la Boca y Barracas 3/brown4 ARG 160 E Buenos Aires Tramway Central Buenos Ayres Celeridad5 ARG 160 ZA Buenos Aires Tramway Central Buenos Ayres Cerelidad6 CAN-ON 675 A Ottawa Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company Brass7 GRC 450 A Karlovasi TROXIOΔPOMOΣ ΚΑΡΛΟΒΑΣΙΩΝ 108 GRC 450 B Karlovasi TROXIOΔPOMOΣ ΚΑΡΛΟΒΑΣΙΩΝ 209 GRC 450 C Karlovasi TROXIOΔPOMOΣ ΚΑΡΛΟΒΑΣΙΩΝ 40

10 PHL 500 E Manila Compania de los Tranvias de Filipinas 1 Centimo11 PHL 500 F Manila Compania de los Tranvias de Filipinas 2 Centimos12 PHL 500 G Manila Compania de los Tranvias de Filipinas 3 Centimos13 CHE 360 A Genève Chemin de Fer Americn (vars.)14 GBRE 75 PA Birkenhead Birkenhead Street Railway Co. Limited No value15 GBRE 230 PA Darlington Darlington Street Railroad Co. Limited No value16 GBRE 451 YA Leicester Leicestershire Street Railway Co. Limited Fantasy17 GBRE 475 PA London Surreyside Street Rail Co. Silver18 GBRE 475 PE London Surreyside Street Rail Co. Limited No value19 GBRE 475 PF London Westminster Street Rail Co. Limited No value20 GBRE 475 PG London Westminster Street Railway Co.Limited No value21 GBRE 475 PH London Marble Arch Street Railway Co. Limited N/V, brass22 GBRE 475 PI London Marble Arch Street Rail Co. Limited N/V, copper23 GBRE 475 PJ London Marble Arch Street Rail Co. Limited N/V, bronze24 GBRE 730 PA Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Co. Limited N/V,copper25 GBRE 730 PB Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Co. Limited N/V, bronze26 GBRE 730 YA Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Co. Limited Fantasy27 GBRE 823 YA Warwickshire Warwickshire Street Railway Co. Limited Fantasy28 USA-AL 800 A Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Street Ry. Co. White metal29 USA-CA 575 A Oakland Oakland, Brooklyn & Fruitvale R.R. Company Copper, (vars.)30 USA-IL 195 B Decatur Citizens St. Railway, Co. White metal31 USA-IL 998 U Springfield Lincoln Monument C.H. Hanson (pattern) White metal32 USA-IN 280 A Evansville Evansville Str. Railway Co. White metal33 USA-IA 390 A Fort Madison Fort Madison Street Ry. Co. Brass34 USA-IA 590 A Marshalltown Marshalltown Passenger Ry. Co Brass35 USA-IA 590 B Marshalltown Marshalltown City Railway Brass, (vars.)36 USA-KS 640 D McPherson McPherson Street Railway Co. Brass37 USA-KS 880 A Salina The Salina Railway Company Brass38 USA-KY 480 A Lexington Lexington City Railway Co. Brass, Octagonal39 USA-KY 970 A Winchester Winchester City Railway Co. Brass, Octagonal40 USA-ME 480 A Lewiston Lewiston & Auburn Street Ry. Co. White metal41 USA-MI 590 B Manistee Manistee Street Carrette Co. (Limited) Brass42 USA-MN 230 D Duluth Duluth St. Ry. Co. Brass43 USA-MN 510 A Mankato Mankato Street Ry. Co. Brass44 USA-MN 540 C Minneapolis Minneapolis Street Ry. Co. Brass45 USA-MN 540 D Minneapolis Minneapolis Street Ry. Co. Brass, 2 rosettes46 USA-MN 760 C Saint Paul St. Paul City Ry. Co. Brass47 USA-MN 998 B Mankato Mankato Street Ry. Co. (pattern) White metal48 USA-MN 998 F Minneapolis Westside Ry. Co. (pattern) White metal

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49 USA-MN 998 G Minneapolis Westside Ry. Co. (pattern) Brass50 USA-MN 998 O Minneapolis Minneapolis Street Ry. Co. (pattern) White metal51 USA-MT 998 A Deerfield A. Meyers (pattern) Brass52 USA-NE 540 H Lincoln C.H. St. Ry. Co. (Capitol Heights St. Ry. Co.) Brass, Oct.53 USA-NE 540 J Lincoln C.H. St. Ry. Co. (Capitol Heights St. Ry. Co.) B, Oct, wheel54 USA-NY 780 A Rochester Rochester City & Brighton R.R. Co. White metal55 USA-NY 780 B Rochester Rochester City & Brighton R.R. Co. Brass56 USA-TN 375 A Jackson Jackson and Sub. St. R.R. Co. 5c.fare, B, oct.57 USA-TN 375 B Jackson Jackson and Sub. St. R.R. Co. 1/2 fare, B, oct.58 USA-TX 355 A Gainesville G.P.S.R.W. Co. (Gainesville Park St. Railway Co.) Aluminum59 USA-TX 355 B Gainesville G.S.R.W. Co. (Gainesville St. Railway Co.) Brass60 USA-WI 360 A La Crosse La Crosse City Ry. Co. Brass, 23mm61 USA-WI 360 B La Crosse La Crosse City Ry. Co. Brass, 24mm62 USA-WI 360 C La Crosse La Crosse City Ry. Co. White metal63 USA-WI 510 B Milwaukee Westside Ry. Co. Brass, circle64 USA-WI 510 C Milwaukee Westside Ry. Co. Brass, dentillations

NOTES The everlasting popularity of horsecar tokens inspired me to put together this checklist. Up to now horsecar

tokens from outside the USA have generally been neglected by collectors. Included here are 27 cataloged tokens from beyond the borders of the United States and an exact list of the 37 US pieces. The criteria for listing is that the token must depict a street railway car being pulled by animal-power. The work was usually done by one or two horses or mules. This was outlined in the first article on the subject fifty years ago by J.M. Coffee in The Fare Box of September 1964.

All tokens are listed in either of the following two works. Images of the majority of the token are in the Facebook.com group Transportation Token Collectors. Kenneth E. Smith and Kirk S. Smith, Catalogue of World Horsecar, Horseomnibus, Streetcar, and Bus

Transportation Tokens except North America, Redondo Beach, CA, 1990. John M. Coffee and Harold V. Ford, The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canadian Transportation

Tokens, 6th ed., Boston, 2007. The 67 tokens are listed in alphabetical order of countries, and states within the U.S.A.. Included are six

pattern tokens from the US and three fantasy tokens from the United Kingdom. ARGENITNA- Five attractive tokens from two companies. Barracas is a part of Buenos Aires, so to be correct all the

pieces should be listed from that city. CANADA- A single beautiful uncommon token from the capital. GREECE- Three values of tokens issued by the tramway company on the island of Samos. It opened in 1905, one of

the last horsecar lines in the world. The name of the engraver, Zesimos, is in small letters below the car. Until 1912 Samos was under Ottoman suzerainty.

PHILIPPINES- Three rare, round fiber (card) tokens listed in both of the above catalogs. The company operated until 1894.

SWITZERLAND- The Genève (Geneva) tokens are well designed and very popular. I would like to take an inventory of reverse varieties. The reverse has consecutive numbers starting from "1" in two concentric circles. I have seen up to 16 and another up to 24.

UNITED KINGDOM, England- All fourteen pieces from England are the oval TRAIN'S PATENT design with a horsecar passing in front of Marble Arch in London. Tokens are from six different cities, all from lines promoted by the American entrepreneur Mr. George Francis Train. They date from the 1860's, but three are listed as fantasies. The Warwickshire token should be listed from Birmingham, which at the time was in Warwickshire County. The line was never built.

UNITED STATES- Thirty-seven tokens from sixteen states including six patterns. The Manistee, Michigan, token depicts a street railway, but the Street Carrette was an omnibus, without rails. The G.S.R.W. token from Gainesville, Texas, was attributed in the July, 2006, issue of The Fare Box. Over 400 animal-powered street railways existed in both large and small towns. Thus the tokens represent just a fraction of the operating companies.

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Prices Realized From the Twelfth Robert R. Kelley Token Auction 1 1.45 51 No Bid 101 41.09 151 No Bid 201 0.90 251 No Bid

2 5.00 52 165.00 102 49.50 152 1.55 202 1.05 252 No Bid

3 4.90 53 2.25 103 5.50 153 No Bid 203 1.05 253 7.00

4 2.00 54 4.15 104 No Bid 154 1.00 204 No Bid 254 7.00

5 3.00 55 5.50 105 5.50 155 18.70 205 1.10 255 17.00

6 No Bid 56 No Bid 106 9.01 156 No Bid 206 2.00 256 0.85

7 1.05 57 8.11 107 13.20 157 7.00 207 3.00 257 0.85

8 7.00 58 No Bid 108 7.00 158 No Bid 208 1.05 258 No Bid

9 1.05 59 No Bid 109 7.00 159 No Bid 209 16.00 259 No Bid

10 No Bid 60 9.50 110 7.00 160 8.65 210 No Bid 260 No Bid

11 1.61 61 9.91 111 3.00 161 3.56 211 7.00 261 20.00

12 2.15 62 6.00 112 6.00 162 No Bid 212 1.45 262 No Bid

13 2.15 63 6.00 113 4.50 163 No Bid 213 10.00 263 2.85

14 2.15 64 3.00 114 2.10 164 6.75 214 No Bid 264 3.60

15 No Bid 65 49.50 115 No Bid 165 6.80 215 75.00 265 4.00

16 2.15 66 No Bid 116 220.00 166 No Bid 216 12.00 266 15.00

17 2.15 67 No Bid 117 8.00 167 1.05 217 4.00 267 2.00

18 2.15 68 No Bid 118 4.50 168 4.00 218 5.25 268 1.45

19 2.15 69 102.69 119 1.25 169 7.50 219 No Bid 269 No Bid

20 2.15 70 6.65 120 1.10 170 No Bid 220 7.00 270 1.45

21 2.15 71 5.25 121 1.10 171 55.00 221 28.99 271 2.29

22 2.15 72 5.25 122 3.60 172 9.00 222 20.00 272 No Bid

23 2.15 73 302.50 123 5.67 173 No Bid 223 8.00 273 11.00

24 2.25 74 2.00 124 3.00 174 18.70 224 10.00 274 4.00

25 No Bid 75 1.10 125 3.75 175 8.00 225 3.65 275 No Bid

26 No Bid 76 No Bid 126 11.00 176 No Bid 226 10.00 276 59.24

27 No Bid 77 No Bid 127 13.20 177 16.11 227 No Bid 277 No Bid

28 8.00 78 No Bid 128 No Bid 178 22.00 228 6.00 278 No Bid

29 No Bid 79 3.60 129 5.00 179 No Bid 229 13.20 279 No Bid

30 6.00 80 1.45 130 4.89 180 No Bid 230 1.05 280 1.55

31 No Bid 81 1.45 131 No Bid 181 20.00 231 2.00 281 10.55

32 4.15 82 No Bid 132 No Bid 182 10.00 232 7.00 282 7.75

33 4.15 83 1.20 133 7.00 183 No Bid 233 No Bid 283 13.81

34 4.75 84 3.10 134 22.00 184 No Bid 234 7.00 284 11.61

35 27.00 85 2.00 135 10.00 185 10.00 235 181.50 285 44.44

36 1.55 86 2.00 136 2.00 186 No Bid 236 7.00 286 19.64

37 1.25 87 4.15 137 No Bid 187 6.56 237 3.00 287 No Bid

38 No Bid 88 1.75 138 No Bid 188 10.00 238 No Bid 288 3.90

39 No Bid 89 6.00 139 11.00 189 22.00 239 No Bid 289 3.95

40 2.25 90 4.00 140 8.00 190 7.00 240 No Bid 290 No Bid

41 1.75 91 6.90 141 8.00 191 22.00 241 1.05 291 No Bid

42 93.50 92 1.10 142 No Bid 192 22.00 242 No Bid 292 11.00

43 110.00 93 1.10 143 No Bid 193 9.00 243 8.00 293 1.55

44 37.00 94 7.00 144 36.69 194 No Bid 244 No Bid 294 No Bid

45 27.00 95 2.00 145 82.00 195 No Bid 245 11.00 295 0.85

46 No Bid 96 1.36 146 No Bid 196 11.00 246 10.00 296 7.00

47 No Bid 97 8.25 147 10.00 197 7.00 247 2.00 297 1.61

48 9.70 98 39.60 148 1.05 198 No Bid 248 5.00 298 3.00

49 No Bid 99 35.20 149 5.00 199 8.00 249 6.50 299 7.00

50 No Bid 100 46.00 150 7.00 200 No Bid 250 3.10 300 3.00

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The 2014 AVA Roster has been published. Those of you with email addresses received an email with PDF files of the 2014 Roster. Those without email addresses were mailed a hard copy. There are a few extra printed copies (which are available for as long as they last) for $5.00 postpaid payable to AVA and sent to Rich Mallicote – to US and Canada only. Overseas – mail or email me a request and I will reply what the additional postage charge will be.

There will always be typos, changes, or other errors. If your roster listing is incorrect, or you wish additional information added, please contact Rich Mallicote with those corrections so they can be listed in the directory and in the Fare Box.

Rich Mallicote, AVA Secretary

John Hanawalt, AVA 2851, passed away on May 28, 2014 in Melbourne Beach FL. John was an elementary school teacher for 32 years in Syosset NY. He was a veteran of World War 2 and Korea. He had 5 children by his first wife. When she passed away, he married Marjorie, a widow who had 6 children of her own. John was survived by Marjorie, 11 children, 17 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. We express our deepest regrets to the extended Hanawalt family.

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THE CITY BUS LINE OF OWATONNA

Steve Walker, AVA 1999

Nels P. Jefferson, Charles Green and Eri Manford "E.M." Twiford were in the livery and transfer businesses from roughly the 1890s until well after World War I. Each was a successful, prosperous and important citizen of Owatonna, Minnesota. Mr. Jefferson was a 2nd Ward Alderman. Mr. Green had been Mayor, Chief of Police and owner, with his sister, of the Arnold House. Mr. Twiford had been Mayor and was Fire Chief for 28 years. He had been in the hardware, meat market, grocery and general merchandise business as well a partner in the livery and transfer business. Owatonna had three train depots, one each for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads. 40 trains made daily stops at these depots. Owatonna's population was between 6,500 and 7,000 in 1910. At that time there were half a dozen hotels in Owatonna, and a large number of traveling salesmen made Owatonna their home base because of its convenience for rail connections. No doubt, these local men as well as their out of town contemporaries made use of the Jefferson, Green and Twiford livery and transfer businesses. The History of Rice and Steel Counties, Minnesota, Volume II, reports that Messers Jefferson and Green had been in the City Bus Line business before the turn of the century and that they took a third partner, Mr. Twiford, in 1901. According to the Owatonna People's Press of Sunday, June 1, 2003, the body of a horse-drawn hack was purchased from the Jefferson and Twiford Livery Stable in 1926 by the Owatonna American Legion Post 77 for use by their Color Guard in appearances in regional parades and conventions. This vehicle was in use in 2003 for this purpose and may still be in 2014. Members of the Post mounted the Hack body on a 1917 Model T Roadster chassis. In later years a 1927 Model T engine with only 300 miles on it was purchased and replaced the original engine. "The actual date that the Hack was built is not known, but it was probably in the late 1880s or early 1900s. Frank Sparber was the last driver of the unit. He drove a fine team of black ponies and met all of the passenger trains at the three Owatonna depots, taking passengers to and from the Owatonna Hotel. Shortly after World War I, the Hack was discarded in favor of an automobile taxi." A telephone call to Mrs. Audrey L. Hammel, 96, of Owatonna on 08/13/2014 was a surprise to her and a delight to me. She is E.M. Twiford's granddaughter. She remembers the bus line and is certain that all the papers and other effects of the business are "long gone". She does not know anything about any tickets or tokens that might have been used as fares for the enterprise.

"'Hack' History", Owatonna People's Press, Sunday, June 1, 2003 12:00 am.

History of Rice and Steele Counties, Minnesota, Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Vol. II. H.C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., Chicago, 1910.

The Book of Minnesotans A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the

State of Minnesota, Ed., Albert Nelson Marquis. A.N. Marquis & Company, Chicago, 1907.

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AUGUST SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE CALIFORNIA San Francisco 760 (relisting of IL 150 K) SOUVENIR/DAHOMEY/VILLAGE/(WREATH)/L.H.Moise.S.F. Y o B 34 Sd Good For One Ride/(man on camel) 150.00

MINNESOTA Austin 70 (Reported by Joe Radomski) SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/AREA RURAL TRANSIT/SMART F Pe 38 Sd Student/Fare/Smart (white printing) (2mm thick) 1.00 G Pg 38 Sd Deviated/Route/Smart (white printing) (2mm thick) 1.50 H Pw 38 Sd Demand Response/City/Smart(blue printing)(2mm thick) 2.00

Cambridge 148 (Reported by Joe Radomski) PUBLIC/TRANSIT/HEARTLAND EXPRESS O Pp 42 Sd In - City/One-Way (blue printing) 1.50 P Pz 42 Sd Senior/In-City (gold printing) .75 Q Pb 42 Sd Corridor/One-Way (white printing) 2.00

TEXAS Abilene 5 (noted on eBay) ABILENE/ZOO E B 29 Sd Good For /One Ride/1/td (WM-plated) 2.00

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS IL 150 K Delete and relist as CA 760 Y (see above) IL 195 B Obv. Add comma after RAILWAY, MN 67 C Add (blue lettering)

Note p. 22 Feb. 2002, Jerry Schimmel reported with good reason why this token should be relisted to San Francisco and John Coffee mentioned to me we should do it in the next catalogue. It was used at the San Francisco Midwinter Fair which ran from 1/27 to 7/4/1894.

Southern Minnesota Area Rural Transit (SMART) operates in Austin, Albert Lea, and Owatonna. The fares are the same in all three cities and the same tokens are used in any city. Re MN 70 G, the bus will deviate up to 3 blocks from its route. Re MN 70 H, this is more or less a dial-a-ride issue.

Heartland Express is a rural public transit system serving all of Chicago and Isanti Counties. Four plastic tokens are currently in use, the three new listings plus previously listed MN 148 M, the Border Zone issue which is for fare in outlying rural areas.

The Abilene, TX listing has appeared several times on eBay. I phoned and learned they operate a small Safari Express steam train and charge a two-dollar fare. The small td on the reverse is the mintmark for Tokens Direct.

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INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS-3500 (formerly ptun-3232) COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK (design) A B 29 Sd PARKING / TOKEN (auto) 1.00 PTUN-3234 (Reported by R Theberge) OREGON CENTENNIAL / 1959 / PARKING TOKEN B 23 Sd (blank) PTMS-3033 (Reported by B Nolan) PARKING / TD / TOKEN (parking meter) O B 20 Sd NO / CASH / VALUE 1.00 RUSSIA SMOLENSK-3800 SAK 839 (design) A A 34 Pc (blank) (auto) 2.00 SERBIA BELGRADE-3050 PARKING / SERVIS / BEOGRAD (one groove) (reeded edge) A Pb 27 Sd (blank)(2 arrows)(parking meter) (2 grooves) 2.00 TURKEY (Reported by RIK) ANKARA-3100 ABB (2 grooves) (vars) B B 28 Sd (blank) 2.00


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2014 AVA Convention Trip Report By Randy Glucksman

When my wife Joy and I learned that Sacramento, California was to be the site of this year’s convention, she began planning a trip for us that would not only visit this city, but also take advantage of other travel opportunities. One place that she had wanted to visit was the San Juan Islands, which are located north and west of Seattle, Washington. Other cities were added, as you will read below. On Tuesday July 22, we took an evening flight from JFK to Seattle, and picked up a rental car before retiring for the night at a hotel near SEATAC Airport. We were greeted the next morning by rain, which would continue off and on for the next 24 hours. The first place we would visit on this trip was Orcas Island. Getting there required an approximate one and one-half hour drive north mostly on I-5 to Anacortes, Washington. Calling in advance, Joy was told that we needed to be there at least an hour prior to the ferry’s departure and we did so. The ferry we rode was named M.V. Hyak and has been in service since 1967. Interestingly, this same boat would return us to Anacortes two days later. Washington State Ferries (WSF), a division of the Washington Department of Transportation is the operator. The ride takes a little over an hour. The San Juan Islands are, according to Wikipedia, an archipelago, north of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, west of Rosario Strait, east of Haro Strait and South of the Boundary Pass. This is probably the first time in my life that I have been on an archipelago. Upon arrival on Orcas Island we drove to and walked around Eastsound, an unincorporated community in San Juan County, before driving to our B&B, which was a wonderful place, operated by a lovely couple. They were very attentive to their guests’ needs. The next day dawned rainy, but soon changed to sunny. We drove back to the ferry terminal, leaving our car in a nearby lot and walked aboard the ferry M.V. Klahowya (built 1958) and sailed to Friday Harbor, another of the San Juan Islands where we visited various shops and had lunch at a favorite restaurant of our B&B hosts. It was a great recommendation. The trip back to Orcas Island was on the same ferry and we did some sightseeing before returning to our B&B. My sister has friends who moved to Orcas Island, and we went out to dinner with them. Whale watching is a popular activity and we selected the operator, again, based on the recommendation of our B&B hosts. After checking out, we drove to Deer Harbor to board the boat. During the two-hour tour we saw harbor seals, eagles, ducks, various birds, deer and goats (on the islands of course), but unfortunately, no whales. Our boat guide told us that none were viewed the prior day either. Boat captains keep in touch via radio and alert each other to any whale sightings. After disembarking, we drove to Mt. Constitution, the highest point in Moran State Park and in the San Juan Islands. The weather was sunny and clear and so we were able to see as far north as downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, east to Mt. Baker and south to Seattle. Again, our B&B hosts gave us some advice about how much time was needed to be in the parking lot waiting area prior to the ferry’s departure to Anacortes. It was not an “app” but a web site operated by the Washington State Ferry that has a video camera that shows real-time status of how many cars are waiting. We were told that if there are two lanes filled, it’s time to get going, and we did. While waiting for the 5:20 PM departure, Joy searched the Internet for a good place to have dinner in Anacortes. After discussing the options, we chose a Greek restaurant. This turned out to be an excellent choice, as the restaurant was family-operated and both the food and service were excellent.

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Saturday July 26, was the day that we revisited some sites and also some new ones in Seattle. One new site was Smith Tower in Pioneer Square. The observation deck with its “Chinese Room” is a tourist attraction. Opened in 1914, it is the oldest skyscraper in the city and at one time its 38 floors made it the tallest west of the Mississippi River. In 1931, the Kansas City Power & Light Building opened, topping the 463-foot Smith Tower by just 13 feet. Nonetheless, this building remained the tallest on the west coast until it was surpassed by its neighbor, the Space Needle (605 feet) in 1962. We also visited the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum. Joy has been a fan of his work and we learned from some of the staff (who were very excited) that he was in the museum. Yes, we did see him, although only from the back, as he was having lunch and a business meeting in the café garden. After leaving the museum we walked towards the Seattle Center and discovered that there was some type of fair with people giving away lots of freebies. It was well attended. After spending some time there, we rode the Alweg-built monorail, which opened in time for the 1962 World’s Fair to Westlake Center. What I remembered during past visits were, that the sounds that were made by the monorail were exactly like those made by NY City subway cars of that era. According to a train operator that I spoke with, there was a rebuilding and the original controls were replaced, so no more sounds. Fares are paid to a booth attendant prior to entering the platform area. Regular fares are $2.25, reduced are $1.00. There are two trains, Blue and Red. We rode the Blue train as maintenance was being performed on the Red train. Some cities in the United States have returned to using streetcars, or the more modern form - light rail vehicles (LRVs) and Seattle is one of them. On December 13, 2007, the 1.3-mile South Lake Union Trolley began operating between Lake Union and Westlake Center. Three Czech made Inekon Model Trio Type 12 streetcars are used. Fare payment is either cash or credit card, however because of a problem with the ticket-issuing machine, I had to pay the $.75 (Reduced) fare by credit card, as the machine would not accept cash. On the day of our visit, a Saturday, just two of the cars were required for service The Central Link light rail line began operations on July 18, 2009. Service is provided by a fleet of 62 Kinki-Sharyo-built, three-section, partly low-floor LRVs. The cost of a ride is $2.25 or $.75, reduced fare. Shortly after the service began, an extension opened to SEATAC Airport, and the line is now 15.5 miles in length. Extensions to the north and south are presently under construction and due to be placed in service in 2016 and 2021. There was another streetcar line that I wanted to ride, so on Sunday morning we drove to Tacoma, a distance of about 34 miles. The Tacoma Link uses streetcars similar to those used on the South Lake Union Trolley. Three Skoda-built Model 10T2 cars are owned, but because the headway was 25-minutes, the service was provided by one car. Later we returned our rental car to SEATAC, affording an opportunity to ride the Central Link Line to downtown Seattle where we found a nice seafood restaurant in Pike Place Market to have dinner. A second streetcar line, the 2.5-mile long First Hill Line, is scheduled to open later this year, and will connect the Capitol Hill, First Hill and International District neighborhoods of Seattle. The following morning, July 28, we boarded Amtrak’s Coast Starlight (Train #11) on its southbound trip. At 9:35 AM, the train rolled out of the historic King St. Station, as per the schedule. This train has a much larger consist than one would typically see in the New York Metropolitan area in that there are two diesel-electric, 4,000 hp. locomotives, a baggage car (with our luggage – limited by “federal law” to 50 lbs. according to the Amtrak employee who accepted it), five Superliner Sleeping cars, one each Superliner Parlor and Superliner Dining car plus four Superliner Coaches. Joining us were two men who were volunteers with the National Park Service. They were in the Parlor car and gave a narration of

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interesting sites and history of the line that we were riding. They de-trained at Portland and did the same talk for the northbound Coast Starlight (Train #14). At Portland, Oregon, we had about 30 minutes to stretch our legs. Smokers were given the opportunity to light up in a specially marked area on the platform. I walked around the restored station, which has a plaque stating that it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. About one block from this station, I saw TriMet MAX light rail cars operating and was able to take a few photos. The first MAX line began operating on September 6, 1986 and there have been several extensions over the years. A new 7.3-mile line to Milwaukie, Oregon is scheduled to open in September 2016. Portland also has the Portland City Streetcar, which I did not get to see. There are now two lines, the first opened on July 20, 2001. With the addition of a second line, this system now totals 7.2 miles. In Portland we also saw one of the recently delivered Talgo train sets that are used in the Cascades service between Vancouver (one trip per day) / Seattle and Portland, and Portland / Eugene, Oregon. Due to our train being routed into passing sidings and some occasional slow speeds, at times the train was running up to 30 minutes late, but because recovery time is built in to the schedule at Portland and Sacramento, we were nearly on time at Emeryville where we transferred to a bus for the quick ride to San Francisco. All told, 18 stops were made, including Sacramento. Since we had visited San Francisco many times, we bypassed riding the cable cars with its extremely long lines. In case you were wondering, the regular cable car fare is now $6! Regular streetcar, trolleybus and bus fares are just $2. Cable car reduced fares of $3 are in effect between 9 PM and 7 AM. (If you think about it, how many people who qualify do you know that would take advantage of this fare?) We rode the F-Market Street Line, which uses historic cars, mainly PCCs (Electric Railway Presidents’ Conference Committee) cars to Fisherman’s Wharf. This design originated in the mid-1930s when the presidents of a number of electric railways got together under the leadership of Dr. Thomas Conway. Facing competition (and huge ridership losses) from buses and jitneys, this group was created with the goal of designing a modern looking streetcar. As part of the testing, the latest streetcar models available were evaluated and the best features were included in the design for the PCC car. Two prototype models were constructed, PCC Model A and PCC Model B, and after extensive testing, manufacturing began. The PCCs were built by the St. Louis Car Company and Pullman-Standard in the United States and the Canadian Car and Foundry Company in Canada under license. The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (BMT) Company received the first order of 100 cars in 1936, and all were retired by October of 1956. The first Brooklyn car, #1001, has been preserved at the Shore Line (Branford) Electric Railway Museum in East Haven, Connecticut. SF Municipal Railway received the last order (25 cars) in 1952, and #1040, the final car built, still operates on the F-Market St. Line however; it was not in service during our visit. The Clark Equipment Co. got to build one aluminum car for Brooklyn, #1000. It too has been preserved and can be found at the Kingston (New York) Trolley Museum. One car from the BMT order was diverted to Pittsburgh for General Electric to install its equipment. The other initial orders had Westinghouse equipment. Worldwide, this design was used to produce thousands of streetcars and rapid transit cars. The Soviet Union and its satellite countries built thousands of cars that used the American PCC design through the Czech, previously Czechoslovakian company known as CKD-Tatra. Although the present SF Muni fleet contains some PCCs that were native to San Francisco, they have been supplemented by second- and third-hand cars from Philadelphia (SEPTA) and Newark (NJ Transit) which from the 1940s to 1952, and all have been overhauled. The Market St. Railway supports the historic car restoration for the San Francisco Muni and there are cars from many foreign cities including Blackpool, Brussels, Hiroshima, Milan, Melbourne and Moscow. The line is so popular that at times buses are used to supplement the trolley’s. There is a web site that shows the locations of each

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F-Line trolley: http://www.nextmuni.com/googleMap/googleMap.jsp?a=sf-muni&r=F#, and you can actually see the cars moving.

Since my last visit, streetcar service was extended on what is the K/T Line to Sunnydale, so I made a roundtrip on this line, which passes AT&T Field, home to the SF Giants. At 10 AM, the cars (and nearby buses) were crowded with fans, who would attend the game which would begin at 12:45 PM. SF Muni’s expansion plans include a 1.7-mile subway extension from 4th/King to Chinatown that is scheduled to open in 2019. During my trips to San Francisco, I have not spent a lot of time riding the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART as it is familiarly known. Prior to departing from San Francisco, I used the opportunity to pick up our rental car by using BART to get to SFO International Airport. Even though a fleet of 775 new cars have been ordered from Bombardier, the original 1972 cars, supplemented by subsequent car deliveries provide the current service. Believe it or not, these are not the oldest operating rapid transit or subway cars in North America. NYC Transit holds that honor with 222 of the original 600-car order of Budd-built stainless steel R-32 cars, which arrived in 1964-65. Second place is held by Montreal’s MR-63 fleet, which dates to 1966, followed by BART. All of the aforementioned cars received an overhaul. Joy and I drove to the Holiday Inn in Old Sacramento and upon entering the lobby, met some members who had arrived earlier. I will leave it to others to give the non-rail details of the convention. That said, on Friday morning, following the introductory meeting, I spent a short time boursing, and then left to ride Sacramento Transit’s three light rail lines, Blue, Gold and Green. A few blocks from the hotel is the Sacramento Valley Station is the terminus for the Gold Line and also where Amtrak trains stop. Sacramento Regional Transit sells daily passes for $6, Senior (62+, Medicare and Students 5-18) pay $3. My goal for the day was to ride all three lines, so after boarding one of the Siemens cars which were built between 1987 and 1991, I rode to the end of this line, Sutter Street in Folsom. After a short wait, this two-car train departed for its return trip. I got off at 16th Street and transferred to a southbound Blue Line train to Meadowview and boarded this same train for its northbound trip to Watt/I-80. (Incidentally, we saw a portion of the northern portion of this line while driving to the home of Chris and Iris Donovan, who kindly hosted the AVA for dinner at their home on Thursday evening.) As the train was traveling between the Globe and Arden Del Paso stations, it was being operated at a very slow speed. At one of the stops that the operator left her cab to allow a disabled rider to get off the train, in answering my question, she told me that there was a problem with the overhead wires (that supply power to the train) due to temperature which was about 100 degrees. After arriving at Watt/I-80, I walked to the opposite end of the train and it departed. When we arrived at the Arden Del Paso Station, the operator announced via the public address system that this would be the last stop due to the wire problems mentioned previously. He also told us that arrangements were being made for a “Bus Bridge” that would take us to a station where we could board another light rail car. Using my 40 plus years of experience as a transportation professional and rider advocate, I realized that immediate action was necessary especially with temperatures at the “century” mark, and seeing some disabled riders, including one who was using an oxygen tank. There was a bus was parked at the nearby bus stop, and when I asked the driver if he would be the one to take the passengers to the next light rail stop where service was operating, he told me that he had not been told to do so. He did not respond to my request to call his control center for information and hopefully permission to be the “Bus Bridge.” Three security guards who were also at this location also refused to call their control center and generally seemed disinterested in our plight. I checked my cellphone to see what the temperature was, and it read 101 degrees!

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I found a map that listed the telephone numbers and was about to call the general information number hoping that I would get transferred to someone in authority when I looked up and saw a bus arrive which had “Downtown” on its destination sign. After confirming that the driver was in fact headed to downtown, I encouraged those around me to board, and they did. After riding for about 10 minutes, the bus operator announced that we were at a light rail stop. It turned out to be one for the Green Line Station 7th/Richards, my next destination, so I happily got on this car, which departed at its scheduled time. I got off at a downtown stop where I walked one block to a northbound Gold Line car, which brought me to the Sacramento Valley Station from where I started my trek nearly four plus hours earlier. So, despite the slight service disruption, I did ride the entire system. Sacramento Transit also operates some three- and four-car trains. The transit agency also owns 40 CAF LRVs, which were built in 2002. Sacramento Transit operates on a proof-of-payment system, meaning that one does not have to pay the operator, nor show a pass or ticket when boarding. Although there were security guards on some of the trains, none of them were checking tickets. There are expansion plans for Sacramento Transit. In 2016, the Blue Line will be extended 4.3 miles, adding four stations from Meadowview to Cosumnes River College. At a date not yet determined, but the 1.1-mile Green Line will be extended an additional 11.7 miles to the Sacramento Airport. Saturday, following the auction, we met at the station for the Sacramento Southern Railroad in Old Sacramento and took a 40-minute ride on this line, which would “validate” our convention tokens as having been used. After getting off the train, we walked to the nearby California State Railroad Museum which had a lot of interesting exhibits. On Sunday afternoon, following the conclusion of the convention, Joy and I drove to Napa and the following morning took a three-hour ride on the Napa Valley Wine Train that runs between Napa and St. Helena (round trip = 36 miles). This train uses a variety of cars which were originally built in 1915 and later, and upgraded. For those who are interested in the specifics, you may visit http://winetrain.com/about/our-train. The train is powered by a pair of Alco FA-4 diesel-electric locomotives that were built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in Montreal, Canada in 1958-59 for the Canadian National Railway. After April 1, 1978, these engines were owned by VIA Rail Canada, a Crown corporation. After detraining, we drove back to the San Francisco Airport, returned the car and rode their Airtrain to Terminal B and later boarded our plane for the trip home. It was a very enjoyable trip and convention. Thanks to all for their efforts in making this a successful convention. 2014 Convention Auction Prices Realized

There were only 10 bidders in Sacramento, and every one got something. They took 230 tokens for

$3791.55, and all 27 of the mail bidders got something, taking 198 tokens for $4163.97. Many got their

bids reduced to catalog because there were no competing bids. 120 tokens received no bids at all,

so they are not listed here. This is the largest number of no bids we have ever had.

Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R.

1 12.00 58 4.00 115 12.00 185 41.00 252 3.25 257 3.00 324 8.50 392 14.50

2 50.00 59 10.00 116 8.00 186 34.00 188 7.00 259 3.50 325 3.00 393 7.65

5 23.00 61 2.00 117 7.50 187 28.00 191 3.50 260 11.00 326 4.25 394 2.00

6 2.50 62 15.00 118 3.05 188 7.00 192 30.00 261 4.00 327 7.50 395 5.00

7 10.00 63 5.45 119 46.00 191 3.50 193 75.00 262 5.00 328 5.00 396 11.00

8 6.60 64 5.75 122 30.00 192 30.00 196 12.00 263 4.00 329 33.00 397 13.20

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Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R. Lot P.R.

9 2.00 65 3.00 123 3.50 193 75.00 199 15.00 264 4.00 330 7.50 398 3.50

10 2.00 66 200.00 124 5.55 196 12.00 201 3.00 265 3.50 331 23.00 399 7.50

11 5.00 67 3.35 125 18.00 199 15.00 202 12.50 266 3.75 332 7.50 400 13.20

12 3.00 69 3.00 128 86.02 201 3.00 203 3.05 267 16.00 334 23.00 401 3.00

13 9.50 71 10.00 129 160.00 202 12.50 204 10.00 268 6.85 336 17.00 402 4.00

14 9.50 72 2.30 130 3.85 203 3.05 205 20.00 271 10.60 337 3.60 403 12.73

15 3.50 73 10.00 132 800.00 204 10.00 206 5.00 272 7.50 339 21.00 404 20.00

16 95.01 74 10.00 133 5.00 205 20.00 207 4.00 273 9.50 340 5.00 405 3.85

17 3.00 75 2.00 135 10.00 206 5.00 208 4.75 275 5.50 341 5.00 406 7.50

19 6.00 76 3.50 136 2.25 207 4.00 209 5.50 276 5.10 342 9.00 408 4.56

20 2.00 77 110.00 137 2.25 208 4.75 210 4.00 277 5.00 346 5.00 409 5.00

21 2.55 81 10.00 139 85.00 209 5.50 216 7.50 278 2.00 347 5.00 411 15.00

22 3.00 82 9.00 140 200.00 210 4.00 217 8.50 279 7.25 348 2.75 412 12.50

23 13.20 83 20.00 141 7.50 216 7.50 218 4.75 280 11.00 349 22.00 413 20.00

24 3.27 84 2.00 142 7.50 217 8.50 219 8.80 281 4.60 350 2.25 415 5.00

26 8.00 85 12.00 143 2.05 218 4.75 220 3.00 282 11.00 351 9.08 416 2.00

27 2.00 86 17.00 144 2.25 219 8.80 221 8.00 284 2.50 354 7.50 417 7.50

28 790.00 87 5.00 147 4.56 220 3.00 222 41.35 285 10.00 355 2.00 418 12.00

30 721.00 88 200.00 149 26.00 221 8.00 223 3.05 287 7.50 356 2.00 419 5.00

31 4.50 89 2.05 150 22.00 222 41.35 224 2.55 288 20.00 357 8.50 420 4.56

32 25.00 90 3.55 151 24.00 223 3.05 225 2.50 289 5.00 358 2.75 421 75.00

33 8.50 91 3.50 152 26.00 224 2.55 227 2.25 290 30.00 359 27.00 422 4.56

34 23.00 92 4.05 153 5.50 225 2.50 229 2.55 292 28.00 360 15.00 423 7.25

35 4.07 93 27.00 156 7.50 227 2.25 230 18.50 295 7.00 362 20.00 424 7.40

36 5.50 94 30.00 159 10.00 229 2.55 231 19.80 296 3.50 363 2.25 427 3.00

37 3.60 95 3.75 160 4.75 230 18.50 232 19.80 297 8.60 364 15.00 428 2.00

38 3.00 96 150.00 161 2.05 231 19.80 233 2.50 298 3.50 365 21.50 429 25.00

40 3.45 97 2.05 162 7.05 232 19.80 234 3.50 299 5.00 368 3.50 430 3.00

41 4.85 98 15.00 164 6.00 233 2.50 235 4.11 301 2.50 369 3.00 432 4.25

42 2.00 99 110.00 165 8.80 234 3.50 236 5.00 302 10.00 372 26.00 433 8.25

43 2.25 100 11.01 166 5.00 235 4.11 238 3.00 303 12.00 373 12.50 434 5.00

44 2.75 101 2.50 167 2.25 236 5.00 239 2.25 304 30.00 374 5.50 435 150.00

46 4.50 102 10.00 169 4.56 238 3.00 240 4.66 310 20.00 375 15.00 436 57.00

48 2.00 103 5.00 170 2.55 239 2.25 241 14.00 311 10.00 378 5.00 437 2.35

49 4.11 104 3.00 171 2.55 240 4.66 242 14.00 312 15.00 381 2.00 439 11.67

50 12.50 105 2.55 172 2.55 241 14.00 243 7.00 314 4.50 382 44.00 440 7.50

51 6.60 106 2.55 174 8.50 242 14.00 244 3.50 315 3.50 383 7.50 441 5.18

52 4.77 107 2.50 175 7.50 243 7.00 246 8.00 316 2.75 384 2.05 442 3.25

53 2.25 108 2.00 176 2.13 244 3.50 247 2.25 317 4.56 386 3.61 443 3.30

54 3.50 109 3.05 177 5.01 246 8.00 248 4.75 318 2.55 388 2.13 444 3.25

55 7.00 112 5.25 179 4.00 247 2.25 251 7.50 319 6.50 389 2.85 445 14.50

56 8.00 113 7.50 181 2.05 248 4.75 252 3.25 320 3.50 390 2.95 446 6.05

57 6.50 114 2.50 184 25.00 251 7.50 253 4.00 321 3.50 391 35.00 447 3.50

448 17.53 462 2.20 477 17.00 490 15.00 500 6.50 514 4.50 529 2.05 541 5.00

449 3.00 463 7.50 478 6.25 491 2.50 501 10.00 518 4.00 531 50.00 542 8.50

451 16.35 464 19.95 479 8.75 492 33.00 502 48.00 520 2.50 532 10.00 543 7.50

453 5.00 465 3.50 481 2.00 493 13.00 503 4.71 521 4.00 533 50.00 544 15.25

454 2.50 466 75.00 482 6.10 494 75.00 504 4.72 522 4.25 534 23.00 545 8.50

455 2.50 467 5.00 483 2.13 495 3.50 505 86.00 523 2.00 536 18.00 546 7.50

456 12.50 470 3.00 485 75.00 496 38.00 507 3.00 524 3.55 537 15.00 547 5.00

457 3.85 473 12.75 486 12.50 497 3.50 509 3.61 526 4.50 538 20.00 548 6.50

458 3.90 474 4.50 487 18.70 498 7.50 510 3.50 527 2.13 539 5.00 549 8.50

459 17.20 475 2.50 488 2.00 499 4.50 513 4.50 528 3.50 540 2.35 550 10.00

460 2.50 476 4.71 489 5.75


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First Convention Impressions Pat Patke, AVA R-3419

The 64th AVA Convention held in Sacramento CA left me with quite a few surprises and memories. First was that what I previously believed

about most everyone I met was wrong. Having been in touch with many over the past few years, just being able to put a face to a previous transaction, trade or contact was great. I showed up early to

learn more about what our board of directors does on our behalf and was warmly welcomed to their meeting on Thursday. The business of the board went on and on like most boards do – what made this one

different was that they actually asked for and valued my input as a visitor to their meeting. I got away in the afternoon and made my way to old town Sacramento. A very appropriate location for this

convention as there much to take in close by. Got back to my room about 2PM and took a nap, oversleeping and missing the home BBQ at our host home. Friday morning my mentor John Hoffmann

suggested that I might want to spend some time with Duane Feisel while in the bourse room. Duane was a great wealth of knowledge and considerably lightened my wallet with his great selection of both common and harder to find TT. All in the bourse room had something

from my wants list and I left with @ 400 TT. Friday night from atop the Hotel on the 16th floor we all enjoyed a spectacular view of downtown Sacramento while dining at our banquet together. The

company was great and some awards were handed out for outstanding contributions and longevity in our organization. Saturday proved memorable as well. During the live auction I was able to pick

up a TT I’ve been hunting for these past few years – but not before having paid X2. The good news is that token is no longer on my want list. My lucky paddle number 27 cost me dearly as I caught on to the

workings of the auction. That afternoon we all shared a ride on a train that ran along the Sacramento River for 6 miles and followed that up with a trip to the train museum. A large collection of running gear

kept me entertained and I was impressed to learn that this museum had been one of then - Gov. Reagan’s pet projects. That evening we all went to the Suspects dinner theatre on the Delta Queen. Token

Bob was the only one who guessed the suspect correctly – something suspect in that as well. Sunday morning brought on yet another business meeting and then we adjourned. Most went out to the

brunch. I felt a need to head home to Portland. Now coming down it had only taken me 8.5 hours to drive. Heading home it took 13.5 hours as I-5 was stopped with a 30 mile back-up as went I past Mt.

Shasta as there were forest fires in the Shasta National park as well as winds carrying smoke from 2 fires east of Ashland OR. The smoke was so thick that it blocked out the sunlight and driving became

treacherous. Home now safely I look forward to our next convention, the comradeship I shared and will share again with so many members and characters the likes of “Token Bob” and “The Head Frog”.

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SEPTEMBER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATWOOD-COFFEE CATALOGUE

CALIFORNIA

Sacramento 715 (Reported by NIS)

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B A 21 Sd Good For/One Ride 35.00

MINNESOTA

Austin 70 (Reported by NIS)

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/AREA RURAL TRANSIT/SMART

I Pi 38 Sd Demand Response/County/Smart (blue printing)

(2mm thick) 2.50

MONTANA

Missoula 660 (Reported by NIS)

A CAROUSEL FOR MISSOULA/RIDE TOKEN/(CAROUSEL HORSE)

BI B Sd Cookie/2014/(unicorn) .75

BJ B Sd Tickets/2014/Tickets(on entry structure) .75

NEW MEXICO

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DIAL/A/RIDE/(PHONE HEADSET & CORD)

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NEW YORK

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NM 420 A value now 1.00

Details of the 2014 AVA Sacramento, CA Convention Tour are noted elsewhere in this issue.

NIS members will receive a specimen of the tour token.

The ID Pattern listing was a recent eBay listing. It has the same die work as ID 440 G.

When our NIS editor contacted Austin, MN for a supply of MN 70 F, G, H he discovered a

fourth which we now list.

Two more listings for the Missoula, MT carousel. The NIS has a supply for its members.

The new listing for Las Cruces, NH is a dial-a-ride issued for handicapped and seniors.

The NIS will handle.

The NY Miscellaneous listing was another eBay listing. It is either a muling of dies or

possibly a limited special issue by the bridge authority that finally surfaced after all

these years.

The token we list as Unid. 303 was described page 2 January 2014. No one has been able to

locate it, hence we list as unidentified. The die work appears to be circa 1930’s.


AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION – 64th ANNUAL CONVENTION – 2014 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Taken by: Keith Haney and Rich Mallicote

The 64TH annual Executive Board Meeting of the AVA was called to order by President Bob Schneider at 9:00am in the Holiday Inn Hotel, Sacramento, California on Thursday, July 31st, 2014. Members in attendance were: Bob Schneider (President), John Hoffmann (Vice President pro-tem), Joel Reznick (Treasurer), Keith Haney (Curator), and Keith Baron (Fare Box Editor). Visitors attending were Pat Patke, Ty Humphrey, Chris Donovan, Fred Sader, Bob Mills, and Duane Feisel. OLD BUSINESS:

The first Executive Committee meeting was predominately focused on the Transportation Token Catalogue. We again discussed what a list-able transit token is. All tokens (including plastic and wood tokens) should be list-able, once they are verified they were used for transportation, even though it may not say something like “good for one ride”. We will allow elongated coins. We will probably move ride tokens (currently in the main section) to a different section. We will also look at adding a novelty section. If you do not want the tokens, simply don’t collect them.

Pricing on tokens will be based on the data base developed by Joel Bernstein. Joel has spent hundreds of hours reviewing results of numerous auctions and sales of tokens over the last several years. Where there is good data on auctions with multiple bidders, the catalogue value may be adjusted.

The meeting was adjourned for the day at 12:00 noon. The meeting was re-opened on Friday, August 1st, 2014 at 2:05pm in the same location. The same members above were in attendance. Rich Mallicote (Secretary) also was in attendance. OLD BUSINESS:

We continued discussion on the Catalogue. We are definitely moving forward with the production of a catalogue book in 2015. It will include tokens listed through December 2014. We discussed the proposed schedule for development:

o Put a notice in the next three Fare Boxes, which states that we are setting new pricing for all tokens. We will ask members to submit proposed changes to Joel Bernstein, with a deadline of December 31, 2014. Fred Sader agreed to write the article.

o First draft of the 7th Edition will be prepared by April, 2015. It will be proof-read by Joel Reznick, John Hoffmann, and Rich Mallicote.

o Produce the 7th Edition in July, 2015. The above dates are plans and obviously subject to change. We would like to move in the future with the creation of the catalogue online in a cloud, with the ability to order a printed copy from someone like Amazon.

Rich noted that the vote on the changes to the By-Laws and Constitution were approved by the membership. He will send out copies of the new document via email to all email addresses and mail copies to anyone without email to any that want a hard copy.

We need to find a new Fare Box Editor. Keith Baron just doesn’t have the bandwidth to devote to the newsletter at this time. We also approved making Fare Boxes between 2 and 7 months old available to non-members. Keith can set this up on the website.

Bob Schneider is looking for a replacement for NIS Manager. One member is considering.

Rich reported that he met with an accounting attorney about the possibility of incorporating the AVA organization. Based on all of the facts in evidence, he recommended against incorporating at this time and keeping the group in its current state as a club.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:00pm.


AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION – 64th ANNUAL CONVENTION – 2014 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING Taken by: Rich Mallicote, Secretary

The 64th annual (first) business meeting of the AVA was called to order by President Bob Schneider at 9:25am in the Holiday Inn Hotel, Sacramento, California on Friday, August 1st, 2014. This was a short meeting held for the following purposes: to allow the new members to introduce themselves and to allow Joel Reznick to explain the events of the weekend. Joel Reznick made comments about the merits of Gary Parent to the AVA and that his recent passing would be sorely missed by the organization. Bob Schneider thanked Chris and Iris Donovan for their work in setting up the convention and the dinner at their house on Thursday evening. Also noted was the discussion in Thursday’s Executive Committee Meeting concerning what is a Transportation Token – see the Executive Committee Meeting minutes for further information. The first meeting was adjourned at 10:00am. The 64th annual (second) business meeting of the AVA was called to order by President Bob Schneider at 9:00am in the Holiday Inn Hotel, Sacramento, California on Sunday August 3rd, 2014. Members in attendance at the convention were: Joe & Veda Adams, Steve Album, Keith & Kelly Baron, Jim Deisinger, Chris & Iris Donovan, Duane Feisel, Randy & Joy Glucksman, Keith & Sandra Haney, John & Lois Hoffmann, Ty Humphrey, Phil & Linda Lavorgna, Steve Lipshie, Rich & Patty Mallicote, Bob Mills, Pat Patke, Joel Reznick, Fred & Linda Sader, Bob & Diane Schneider, Art Smith, and Bill & Jenine Sowell. MEMORIAL REPORT: Memorial Chairman Joel Bernstein was unable to attend. However he provided a report on members and family who have passed on since our last convention. The six (6) members are: Frank Guernsey (AVA 102), Doug Borden (AVA 1451), Glenn Fahey (AVA 1649), Joseph Bettinger (AVA 1939), Daniel Heffner (AVA 2847), and Gary Parent (AVA 3393). A moment of silent prayer was offered by members present.

PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS:

Bob welcomed first time AVA Convention attendees: Ty Humphrey, Pat Patke, and Art Smith.

The next convention will probably be in the eastern portion of the US. This convention was extremely well done and Chris & Iris Donovan deserve thanks for helping to set it up. We have stayed busy with the events and the location of the hotel was great.

This will be Bob’s last year as President. Rich Mallicote has volunteered to take on the position of President, once someone else volunteers to take the job of Secretary.

Bob wants to start forecasting conventions three years ahead, so that people can plan.

Bob noted that almost all of the changes happening in the AVA have been driven by the membership, rather than the board. The quantity of heated discussions coming to the President has dropped over the last year.

We need to get more members involved in the running of the organization.

MINUTES: Rich Mallicote read the 2013 Business Meeting Minutes, as printed in the September, 2013 Fare Box and modified to correct a typo date (2013, rather than 2012 in the Treasurer’s report). Randy Glucksman moved to approve the minutes as amended and Steve Album seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Membership has still held fairly constant over the past couple of years. Our current membership stands at 494 members. We have added 14 new members and reinstated 5 previous members during the first six months of 2014.

2013 Atwood-Coffee Catalogue supplements are available for purchase today at $3.00 each. They contain all new listings from 2006 through 2012.

The 2014 Membership Roster has been published. Copies have either been emailed or USPS-mailed to all members on the roster. If you have not received your copy, please see me after the meeting. I have a few printed copies available for $3.50, if you want one.


The Constitution and By-Laws of the organization were voted upon by the membership of the AVA. They were approved. A file copy of the new document will be emailed to those with e-mail addresses and hard copies will be USPS-mailed to those that want one. An article to this effect will be published in the Fare Box.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Joel Reznick provided detailed information concerning the status of the AVA Treasury. The following information is a summary of the major categories:

Cash on hand 6/30/13 $29,929.43 Receipts 11,227.95 Disbursements (10,853.89) Cash on hand 6/30/14 $30,303.49

Joel Reznick provided the following summary information regarding the Life Member Funds: Cash on hand 6/30/13 $5,130.39 New Life Members 300.00 Dividends not reinvested 58.01 Net Expenses (42.50) Cash on hand 6/30/14 $5,445.90 Investment Values 22,039.50 Total Funds Available 6/30/14 $27,485.40

The total value of funds available in all accounts as of 06/30/14 is $57,788.89.

Joel will send the funds promised to the John Coffee Memorial Fund at Emerson College from the Life Member Fund.

Rich Mallicote noted that the Publication Funds Account was successfully transferred from John Coffee to AVA control and that there are sufficient funds to publish the next edition of the Atwood-Coffee Catalogue.

AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Bob Schneider announced the members of the Audit Committee – Jim Deisinger, Chris Donovan, and Duane Feisel.

FARE BOX EDITOR’S REPORT:

Keith Baron thanked the people who help to produce the Fare Box document – Joel Bernstein, Randy Glucksman, Andy Abadia, Tom Wallace, Hal Ford, and Keith Haney. He noted that he just doesn’t have the bandwidth to continue in his current role as Editor and needs someone to take over the task.

Randy reviewed the kinds of things he wants to see improved in the articles of the Fare Box. He needs the help of all members to contribute articles to the newsletter. He noted that he will help edit any articles that are submitted.

Keith Haney noted that the company Gary Parent set up for printing of the Fare Box has been a good performer, even though the documents have to be shipped back to Keith.

CURATOR’S REPORT:

10-year Engraved Membership Tokens were awarded to H. Gene Bottenberg (R-3149), Rik Van Dam (R-3153), Larry L. Lovelace (R-3160), James E. Stauffer (R-3163), James R. Seiders (R-3168), and Charles G. Inman (R-3169).

25-year Membership Certificates were awarded to Michael F. Wehner (R-2442), Raul A. Ledesma (R-2444), Michael G. Pinion (R-2455), and Nathaniel Dunn (R-2458).

50-year Framed Membership Certificate was awarded to Larry Edell (L-0554).

Keith Haney reported on the results of the 2014 Convention Auction. There were 550 lots offered in the auction and the total sale of tokens netted $7,963.02.

Keith Haney (with Bob Schneider’s help) acquired from Hal Ford all of the token rubbings that Hal had collected over the years and they are now in the hands of the Curator.

OLD BUSINESS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:

TRANSPORTATION TOKEN N.I.S. – Bob Schneider reported that we now have 151 NIS members. He has currently eleven tokens that can be mailed out, but were being held for addition of the Convention Token. Bob is stepping down as NIS Coordinator and the job will be taken over by Fred Sader after the next mailing.


CAR WASH TOKEN REPORT – Jim Delaney was unable to attend, but provided a report. Since the 2013 convention, we have added 414 new listings to the car wash catalogue. We now have over 9,700 total car wash listings, with over 6,600 in the United States. Because of the help of Mike Day and The Elongated Trading Company, we average about 35 new listings per month. The North American version of the catalogue is within weeks of completion. Those interested should contact Lou Lockwood to reserve a copy. 100% of the catalogue is listed on tokencatalog.com, due to Richard Greever and the NTCA. This visual catalogue has greatly increased the number of new tokens being reported, as well as the attribution of previously unidentified tokens. Send new discoveries to Jim Delaney – contact information is found in the roster.

PARKING TOKEN REPORT – Joe Pernicano was unable to attend, but provided a report. He thanked all parking token collectors for their interest and those providing newly discovered token information for listing. I noted that he would be happy to assist anybody requiring attribution or information regarding parking tokens. Joe’s contact information is found in the roster.

WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKEN REPORT – Bill Weber was not in attendance and no report was provided. Information is also available on Facebook at American Vecturist Association.

DISPLAY BOARD REPORT – John Hoffmann reported that Gary shipped the board to John after the last convention. Pat asked for use of it at next year’s ANA Convention in March and it will be shipped to him. We should let John know if you have an occasion to use it. Pat Patke asked that we expend funds to produce handouts to go along with the display board to be used at the ANA Annual Convention.

VALUE COORDINATOR – Joel Bernstein was unable to attend. Bob Schneider noted that information regarding pricing of tokens needs to be presented to Joel, as soon as possible. Tokens that sell at auction with many bidders should have a larger impact on the next token pricing than auctions or eBay sales with only one or two bidders.

NEW BUSINESS:

Bob Schneider noted that the definition of a transportation token is changing. Based on input from members, we decided that if a token was used for transportation, it will be listed regardless of the text printed on the token.

The meeting was recessed for an audit of the Treasurer’s report. After the meeting was reconvened, no changes were made to Joel’s report and the report was accepted by the audit committee. Fred Sader moved to approve the report and Bob Mills seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATIONAL REPORTS:

Joel Reznick thanked Keith Haney for doing all of the work to set up the annual token auction, assisted by Sandra Haney and Jenine Sowell.

Bob Schneider noted that he wants to see the spouses formally organize an Auxiliary Organization, which would have officers and meetings at convention.

Bob Schneider noted that Keith Baron has a CD with our history (past fare boxes, interview with John Coffee, etc.) available to members. The cost is $5.00 with the funds donated by Keith to the AVA.

Duane Feisel noted that we need to get younger members involved with the AVA. Joel Reznick noted that we can order more AVA shirts, but we need to have requests for a minimum of 10 shirts

to place an order. Send requests to Joel.

Joel Reznick noted that Cincinnati has been proposed as the location of the convention in 2015. Randy Glucksman moved to adjourn the meeting. Art Smith seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 10:59 AM.




25 AVA History I collect all things from the AVA past: Rosters, Convention Give-a ways, Convention Badges, 10 year Membership Tokens, Convention Tokens, Anniversary Tokens and AVA Personal Tokens. Thanks for looking, hope you can help my collection. Tom Wallace – 105 garden Lane – Winlock,WA 98596 – Email: [email protected]

35 For Sale All by Kenneth Smith. Catalogue of World Ferry, Ship, & Canal Transportation Tokens & Passes hardcover book $25.00. Catalogue of World Horsecar, Horse omnibus, Streetcar & Bus Transportation Tokens hardcover book $25.00. Catalogue of World Transportation Tokens and Passes Except North America $30.00 this is a loose leaf book with just the pages and no binder is included. All 3 books $60.00 Walter Wyzujak, 1508 Christina Street, Rockford, IL 61104-4709 (815)-965-9622 Email: [email protected]

35 For Sale 2013 catalogue supplement to" World Transportation Tokens & Passes except USA & Can." Listings & full color pictures from 2000 to 2013 close out sale $20.00 includes postage. AND 2010 catalogue supplement second listings of fare box to "The Atwood/Coffee Catalogue 6th ed." includes years 2006 to 2009 [not the latest] close out sale $6.00 includes postage. Send payment to: Bill Weber, 6758 KOA Dr., New Tripoli, PA. 18066 while supply lasts.

45 Miscellaneous FREE. Surf into Facebook group TRANSPORTATION TOKEN COLLECTORS. Lots of new color images of tokens, trade offers and contacts. MI, NY, Guadalajara, Prague, Istanbul and more. Yosef Sa’ar, Honorary AVA Life Member, [email protected]

45 Miscellaneous Plenty of great TT's available at IKO-TAMS Show Oct 10 & 11 - Fri & Sat - in Englewood OH. Also offering the bulk of the late Kevin Grant's Indiana token collection, and years of back issues of FARE BOX. Jerome Schaeper Jr. 3466 Meadowlark Drive Edgewood, KY 41011 e-mail: [email protected]

65 Trade Will trade at catalog, IN930A a/o KY510AC for at least one or a combo of KY510D, F, G, H, S, V, X, Y, AD, AS, AT, AU, AW, AX, AZ, BA, BB, BE, BP, BT, BU, or BY. To complete trade will take other cities, but prefer to add to my Louisville, KY collection. Contact Dick Wohlgemuth, [email protected].

70 Wanted MI 680-B, C, D, T & V. Jerry Fitzpatrick – 2137 West Glen Court. Muskegon, MI 49441 Email: [email protected]

70 Wanted Looking to buy Washington State Transportation Tokens for my collection. Ask for a copy of what I have or send me a copy of what you have to sell. Either way I like to further my collection. Tom Wallace – 105 garden Lane – Winlock,WA 98596 – Email: [email protected]

70 Wanted Charleston SC and Nashville TN common tt’s wanted. Also need BULK tokens, 100-10000 of each. What do you have? Rich Hartzog [email protected]

70 Wanted Charleston SC 16mm tokens wanted. Need at least 4. Must be decent condition. Rich Hartzog Email: [email protected].










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First of all, I want to thank everybody for your confidence in me over the last 534 years. I have spent as

much time as possible trying to handle every issue that has come up in the AVA. For those that have

emailed or snail mailed me and I did not respond immediately, I apologize. Business comes first, If you

have an unanswered question, please feel free to call me. 757-713-0786

New Issue Service Change.

Effective immediately Fred Sader is the New Issue Chairman.

From Fred. “I look forward to receiving the help of everyone in locating tokens from all over the US and

Canada. We currently have just under 160 members. New members are welcome. I am working on the

next shipment at this time.”

Fred will be the 4th AVA member to run the New Issue Service since it began. The amount of work it takes

is incredible. From constantly contacting transit authorities, negotiating best prices, mailing checks to the

transit authorities, checking tokens once they come In, handling members checks, entering the checks.

ordering and storing supplies for NIS, stamping 2X2s, addressing envelopes, putting postage on

envelopes, mailing, handling resignations: the list goes on and on. It is a tedious time consuming task and

we are fortunate to have Fred volunteer. Good thing he just retired.

As he states, there are memberships available. Please feel free to become a member. It’s a great way to

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2015 when a new President is elected, I will become the Fare Box

Editor. The By-Laws of the AVA do not allow one person to hold both

positions. The AVA is now paying $125.00 a month for an assistant to

help put the Fare Box together. In the past, from what has been stated,

the AVA has paid as much as $150.00 a month for a Fare Box assistant.

Please continue to send articles to Randy Gluckman and myself. We

constantly need Transportation Token articles. We also need articles

on Car Wash Tokens, Parking Tokens, Foreign Tokens and Personal AVA

Tokens.

Auctions should be sent directly to me. Please include check to AVA,

for $40.00 a full page and $20.00 for half a page. Obviously, double

page auctions are $80.00. Auctions will be reviewed for states included

so that one Fare Box does not have multiple listings of a bunch of the

same transportation tokens. Otherwise, auctions will be handled on a

first come, first serve basis.

Joel Bernstein Is assuming the role of New Issue Listing Coordinator.

This means every token you believe should be listed goes through Joel

Bernstein. He will then determine if they should be listed and what

category it should be listed in.

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1. All bids must be postmarked no later than November 30, 2014 4. Bids mtr $10 will be reduced to 10% above the2. BIds under catalog value WILL NOT be considered 2nd high bid.

unless specially noted. 5. Successful bidders are responsible for postage & ins,3. PLEASE bid by LOT ONLY, and must remit prior to shipment if requested.


ONLY MAIL BIDS (no emalls) TO: Joei J. Reznick, 1591 Monarch Drive, Venice, FL34293-0302

1, CO 690 B 51. PA 195 L 101, PA 445 D 151, PA 5250 201. PA 750 Ka 251. PA 785 J2. NC 265 B thk 52. PA 235 A 102. PA 455 A 152. PA 525 P 202. PA 750 Lb 252. PA 7851<3. PA 125 B 53. PA 235 B 103. PA 455 Ba 153. PA 525 ci 203, PA 750 LA 253. PA 785 L4. PA 135 A 54. PA 265 A 104, PA 4556 154. PA 526 IA 204. PA 750 M 254, PA 810 A5. PA 135 Bb 55. PA 280 A 105. PA 455 Ha 155. PA 555 A 205. PA 750 N 255. PA 815 A6. PA 142 A 56. PA 280 L 106. PA 458 A 156. PA 575 A 206. PA 7500 256. PA 85007. PA 142 B 57. PA 293 A 107. PA 460 A 157. PA 575 B 207. PA 750 P 257. PA 860 A8. PA 142 C 58. PA 293 B 108. PA 460 B 158. PA 575 C 208. PA 750W 258. PA 865 A9. PA 1420 59. PA 293 C 109. PA 460 C 159. PA 5750 209. PA 750 Xa 259. PA 870 Ab

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—November 2014— —Page 101—

SUPPLEMENT #1 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICABy James P. Oeianey

GEORGIAATLANTA 0600

SWIFTY (inside footbafl shape) / EXPRESS I CAR! WASH (in rectangle)C B 25 R Carwash / (truckcar,van speeding left) I Token 1.00

ILLINOISDECATUR 1950

HURRICANE (across wind swept frees)! CAR WASHB Ba 25 R Vacuum! Token / i*.i (all in a circle of dots) 1.00

NEW YORKWATERTOWN 9450

EASTERN BLVD CAR WASH / (cartoon auto) / • WATERTOWN, NYo Ba 25 FR No/Cash/Value/NH 0.50

OHIOBOARDMAN 0800

MONSTER CAR WASH 124 HR. KLEAN (on arrow)! BOARDMAN, OHB LtBz 23 R Carwash Token ! $1 (in circle)! No Cash Value • No Refunds

(reeded edge) 1.00

HILLIARD 3960ROBERTS ROAD CARWASH! (sports car)! © I HYDRO SPRAY

A B 27 R United States of America! (eagle above emblem)! ye! * Liberty * 1.00

SANDUSKY 7900PERKINS CARWASH! 1/AUTOMATIC! TOUCHLESS!WASH !Rw !2011 E. PERKINS AVE.

C Ba 29 R Carwash ! (converuble car) I R% / Token 1.50

TEXASMIDLAND 6300

SOFTSUDS !A CLEAN CAR.., THE GENTLE WAYA K 25 R Vacuum) Token ! .i*. (all in a circle of dots) 0,50

VIRGINIAFREDERICKSBURG 3500

COURTHOUSE! (front of classic car)! CAR WASHF WM 23 R Vacuum) Vacuum (on upright unit)) Token 0.50

ONTARIOLINDSAY 4950

LINDSAY CARWASH CENTRE / CH (over gavel)B Bz 25 R No/Cash/Value/AwN 1.00

OSHAWA 6640VINCE’S / COINWASH / 293 DEAN AVE. OSHAWA

C NpB 25 FR No!Cash/Value!€ 1.00

UNIDENTIFIEDTHE CAR LAUNDRY / (anUque car-type B)! WASH

507 Ba 29 R Carwash ! (anllque car-type B) ! Token

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONSIL 2850-C (Evanston) is deleted. Confirmed as a LaundromaiMS 7350-A On reverse: Change (anUque car-type A) to (anque car-type B).

Send new discoveries to Jim Delaney at: I Winder Crescent Newport News, VA 23606-1762 or email: [email protected]

—Page 102— —November 2014—

6000 Different Transportation Tokens!

Information and GuidelinesThis pricelist will be “live” when the November issue reaches the A.V.A. membership. if you have access to the

internet, you may find this listing at www.cunninhamexonumia.cox. If you don’t have access to the internet, I will send a

printed copy to you on request, cost $2, which cost may be applied toward any purchases. Call me for a copy of the listing.

All tokens on the list are for sale at the prices marked. In 30 days all prices will be reduced by 10%. Thirty days after

that, the prices will go down another 10%. A new list or pricing structure will be announced 30 days after that, Any tokens not

meeting your expectations may be returned for credit, reflmd or replacement. We will pay all shipping and insurance costs,

Paul Cunningham,

P.O. Box One

Tecumseh, MI 49286

517-902-7072

cunninghamehlps(hotrnaiI.com

FARE BOX BUY - SELL TRADENovember 2014

Advertising Manager: Tom Wallace — 105 Garden Lane - Winlock, WA 98596 — (360) 785.3245 —

flrefly063msn.com ... Please! Try to keep your ads under 4 lines of size and 12 Bold font... Larger ads must be

sent to The Fare Box Editor. Your ad must contain your name & address with zip code. List your phone & email

address if you want. NOTE: I’m now accepting more than one ad per member per month. Please! Only ads relating

to items in the American Vecwrist Association publications will be printed.

10 Books/Catalogs AU by Kenneth Smith. Catalogue of World Ferry, Ship, & Canal Transportation

Tokens & Passes hardcover book $25.00. Catalogue of World Horsecar, Horse omnibus,Streetcar & Bus Transportation Tokens hardcover book $25.00. Catalogue of World Transportation Tokens and Passes Except

North America $30.00 this is a loose leaf book with just the pages and no

binder is included. All 3 books $60.00 Walter Wyzujak, 1508 Christina Street, Rockford, fl 61104-4709 (815)-965-9622 Email:

[email protected]

35 For Sak. 26 different Iowa Transportation tokens. All cataloged in holders, catalog value $9.60. $12 postpaid. Dan Anderson, P0 Box

2752, Iowa City, IA 52244, 319-855-2177, [email protected]

35 FoISilëNi&wráppi&thWàf 40 Watèrl&(IA) 30 T Wrappèriá’s4O tokens?iiñdt Waleitown, Vis. Merchants Armored Car Service,

Indianapolis, Indiana. $13 postpaid. Dan Anderson, P0 Box 2752, Iowa City, IA 52244, 319-855-2177, [email protected]

35 For Sale. Six Ames(IA) 30 F $2.50 postpaid. Dan Anderson, P0 Box 2752, Iowa City, IA 52244, 319-855-2177, dan

[email protected]

35 For Sale. Iowa grab bag. 19 (15 different) transportation, parking, car wash. Catalog value $18.00. $18.00 postpaid. Dan Anderson, P0

Box 2752, Iowa City, IA 52244, 319-855-2177, [email protected]

35 For Sale: I have thousands of bulk transit tokens. I am looking to sell them in bulk for 50% of current catalog or best offer. Please

contact: Bob Schneider— 757-713-0786 or Email:

45 Miscellaneous: Free transit tickets. Send me a stamped envelope and I’ll send you 3 different old transit tickets. Dan Benice, P0 Box

5708, Cary, NC 27512

NOTF Deadlinefor receiving all materials is the 2ff of/he ivan/h..

THE FARE BOX A Monthly Newsletter for Transportation Token Collectors

New Issue Editor

New Issue Service

Editor

Advertising Manager

Joel Bernstein 9807 Kedvale,

Skokie, IL

60076-1122

Fred Sader

830 Cooper Drive

Charlotte, NC 28210-2932


Virginia Beach, VA

23456-6334


Winlock, WA

98596-9113

VOLUME 69, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 2014 OUR 810TH ISSUE - -

Now is the TIME!!

The all New NORTH AMERICAN CARWASH TOKEN CATALOG is ready for delivery! Jim Delaney and Bob Nolan have worked many hours on listings, updating, and many other items too numerous to mention, to end up with a very user friendly volume, including many additional helpful images.

Since Jim is unable to publish and distribute said volume, Larry Kemper and myself stepped up to insure the final steps were completed. So here's the scoop.

First and foremost, this volume deviates from the former AVA Publications, for a couple of reasons. First is cost. Bound publications have become very expensive this day in age, as have 'non-standard' publishing sizes. At a minimum of 300 pages, the rate per copy was over three figures. Self-publishing was investigated and they like to limit a copy to around 100 pages, plus a glue binding is their norm. (Ever picked up a self-published volume, and find the pages coming loose? So much of that idea.) In addition they really push handing distribution, of course for an additional fee.

Being as the Carwash Catalog is really a 'working Catalog', 8.5 X 11” pages soon became of interest. Upon checking, local copies can be had fairly reasonable and 10 to 20 copies on an overnight delivery basis. Having mention the above information, the Catalog comes out to over 250 double sided pages printed on 8.5 X 11” three hole paper. By using a common size paper, this makes it quite easy to update and/or add pages as desired. (One could even just copy CWT Supplement page(s) from the Fare Box and insert as they desire.) Being as various persons have select desires as to using said catalog, the buyer is to select/provide their own binder. (Some folks have the desire to split their Catalog, etc. for various reasons.)

And.... The question on people's minds.. costs. The Catalog to AVA Members is $40 plus $15 shipping within the United States using insured Priority Mail. For non AVA persons the fee is $50 plus $15 shipping within the USA. Shipping to Canada is almost more than the Catalog cost! (USD 27 or 42 depending on method. Not sure of UPS?) I will accept checks, money orders, or I do intend on setting up a Pay Pal account. So... I shall attempt to keep up with the rush (it says here)!!! Ordering Information is as follows: Please make check or money order payable to: Louis Lockwood. My address as in the AVA Directory: 10420 Sugardale St., Harrison, OH 45030-1734 Email: [email protected]

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Application For Membership

3468 Charles Avent, 237 Conchas St. N.E., Albuquerque, NM, 87123-2703, (505-323-5201) Age 56, Manager, Collects US TTs, PTs, & CWTs, signed by Keith Baron

New Issue Service Notice At this time NIS (New Issue Service) membership has fallen below 150. New members are being accepted. To join the NIS a $20.00 minimum is required. Send to me At: Fred Sader 830 Cooper Drive Charlotte, NC 28210-2932 Personal checks, bank checks or money order are accepted made out to me personally. No PayPal payments are being accepted at this time. I remind all collectors that NIS is an excellent method to build a transit token collection and keep up with new tokens issued, sometimes even in your home town. A new Henderson NC token is being processed along with the 5 Watertown SD tokens for shipment soon plus others. It is likely a NIS shipment will be sent in December. If you know of a token close to where you live, I appreciate any help you can give in getting a any token costing $3.00 or less for

the NIS.

Tokens needed for the Cincinnati Convention Auction

The door is open for you to sell some of your tokens in the 2015 Convention Auction. Please send me the list of what you would like to put in, and I will tell you what is approved. You may put in one to 100, but catalog value must be $2 or more. There will only be one of a kind, so first come is first approved. Send your list by email or snail mail to Keith Haney, 11 Sunset Circle, Wimberley, TX, 78676-2114, or to [email protected]. Listing closes March 1 or when 550 tokens have been approved. I retain printed copies of the lists, so no phone calls will be accepted. If you wonder how our auction works, just email me and I'll send you a description.

AVA Positions

Board Positions

President- Bob Schneider [email protected]


[email protected]

Secretary- Rich Mallicote

[email protected]

Treasurer- Joel Reznick [email protected]

Curator- Keith Haney [email protected]

Editor- Bob Schneider [email protected]

Past President- (Vacant) [email protected]

New Token Chairman- Joel Bernstein [email protected]

Fare Box Positions

Editor- Keith Baron [email protected]

New Issue Listing Coordinator- Joel Bernstein [email protected]

Auction Coordinator- Andy Abadia [email protected]

Article Coordinator- Randy Glucksman [email protected]

Classified Coordinator- Tom Wallace [email protected]

Fare Box Distributor- Keith Haney [email protected]

Ombudsman- Bob Schneider [email protected]

Other Positions

Convention Coordinator- Joel Reznick [email protected]

New Issue Service Manager- Fred Sader [email protected]

Car Wash Token Editor- Jim Delaney [email protected]

Parking Token Editor- Joe Pernicano [email protected]

Personal Token Editor- Keith Haney [email protected]

Foreign Token Editor- Bill Weber [email protected]

Condolences Writer- Joel Bernstein [email protected]


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I am pleasen to enclose a letter horn the Pall 2014 recipient oh the John CoieeScholarship, Lauren Holt. I have a’so inchided a photo ot Lauren.

‘lhaiik you for making it possible Ioi’ this student to experience all that hmerson hasto offer. It is through these scholarships that students have the opportunity tosucceed.

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Please contact me, as helow, if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

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Senior Ad in in is t rat ive Associate

[email protected]

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Annual Conventions of the American Vecturist Association Hotel Dates State City Year #

Holiday Inn July 31 - Aug. 3

CA Sacremento 2014 64

Austin City July 25-28 TX Austin 2013 63

Colony July 13-15 ME Kennebunkport 2012 62

Downtown Radisson Aug. 12-14 UT Salt Lake City 2011 61

Marriott Waterside Aug. 12-15 VA Norfolk 2010 60

Comfort Inn Aug. 6-9 MI Coldwater 2009 59

Ramada Resort Aug. 7-10 CA Palm Springs 2008 58

Inn of the Ozarks Aug. 16-19 AR Eureka Springs 2007 57

Red Lion Yakima Center Aug. 10-13 WA Yakima 2006 56

Crown Plaza Aug. 11-14 TN Knoxville 2005 55

Sheraton Four Points Aug. 12-15 NC Charlotte 2004 54

Adams Mark Aug. 7-10 NY Buffalo 2003 63

Hilton Garden Inn Aug. 8-11 WI Kimberly 2002 52

Wyndham Garden Aug. 9-12 KS Overland Park 2001 51

Coeur d'Alene Inn Aug. 10-12 ID Couer d'Alene 2000 50

Sheraton Old Towne Aug. 12-15 NM Albuquerque 1999 49

Comfort Inn Aug. 6-9 TN Memphis 1998 48

Harley Hartford Aug. 7-10 CT Enfield 1997 47

Radisson Aug. 15-18 MI Lansing 1996 46

Marriott Aug. 10-13 CO Colorado Springs

1995 45

LeBaron Aug.11-14 CA San Jose 1994 44

Holiday Inn West Aug. 13-15 KS Topeka 1993 43

Brazilian Court Aug. 6-9 FL Palm Beach 1992 42

Westin Aug. 8-11 Canada Edmonton AB 1991 41

Sheraton City Centre Aug. 9-12 OH Cleveland 1990 40

Red Lion Inn Aug. 11-13 CO Durango 1989 39

Genesee Plaza Aug.12-14 NY Rochester 1988 38

Lanier Plaza Aug. 7-9 GA Atlanta 1987 37

Viscount Aug. 8-10 OR Portland 1986 36

Carlton Inn Aug. 9-11 Canada Toronto ON 1985 35

Read House Aug. 10-12 TN Chattanooga 1984 34

Stardust Aug. 12-14 CA San Diego 1983 33

Park Plaza Aug. 13-15 MA Boston 1982 32

Shadow Ridge Aug. 7-9 UT Park City 1981 31

Viscount Gort Aug. 8-10 Canada Winnipeg MB 1980 30

Sheraton Aug. 10-12 PA Philadelphia 1979 29

Galt House Aug. 11-13 KY Louisville 1978 28

Ormsby House Aug. 12-14 NV Carson City 1977 27

Bel Air Hilton Aug. 13-15 MO Saint Louis 1976 26

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Hotel Dates State City Year #

Ramada Inn Airport Aug. 15-17 CA Los Angeles 1975 25

Sheraton-Ritz Aug. 9-11 MN Minneapolis 1974 24

Downtown Holiday Inn Aug. 10-12 CO Denver 1973 23

Sheraton Blackstone Aug. 11-13 IL Chicago 1972 22

Seattle Hilton Aug. 6-8 WA Seattle 1971 21

Adolphus Aug. 14-16 TX Dallas 1970 20

Sheraton Aug. 8-10 PA Philadelphia 1969 19

Leamington Aug. 16-18 CA Oakland 1968 18

Curtis Aug. 4-6 MN Minneapolis 1967 17

Charter House Aug.5-7 CA Anaheim 1966 16

Empire Aug. 6-8 NY New York 1965 15

Penn Harris Aug. 8-9 PA Harrisburg 1964 14

Hilton Aug. 2-4 CO Denver 1963 13

Mayflower Aug. 4-5 WA Seattle 1962 12

Curtis Aug. 5-6 MN Minneapolis 1961 11

Stephen F. Austin Aug. 6-7 TX Austin 1960 10

Georgian Aug. 1-2 CA Santa Monica 1959 9

Sherwyn Aug.2-3 PA Pittsburgh 1958 8

M.M. Schwartz Law Offices

Aug. 3-4 NY New York 1957 7

Normandy Aug. 4-5 MN Minneapolis 1956 6

Edmond Meany Aug. 6-7 WA Seattle 1955 5

Vendome Aug. 7-8 IN Evansville 1954 4

Fort Pitt Aug. 1-2 PA Pittsburgh 1953 3

City Auditorium Aug. 2-3 CO Colorado Springs

1952 2

Pickwick Aug. 9-10 MO Kansas City 1951 1


North American Transit Project Openings Scheduled for 2014

By Randy Glucksman The following projects that were listed in the January 2014 Fare Box have been, or are

scheduled to be completed this year as of mid-November. There is an old saying “the best laid

plans of mice and men often go awry” and the transportation field is no exception. Additional

changes will be reported in the January 2015 Fare Box.

Date Agency City Type Line Details

March 31 NJ Transit Hackensack,

New Jersey CR Pascack Valley

Anderson St. Station

reopens

April 7

New Mexico

Rail Runner

Express

Albuquerque,

New Mexico

CR

Rail Runner

Montano Station

opens

May 1

Florida DOT

(SunRail)

Orlando,

Florida

CR

Phase I

DeBary to Sand Lake

Road

29.5 miles

12 stations

June 14

Metro Transit

Minneapolis /

St. Paul,

Minnesota

LR

Green

Downtown to

Downtown

10.8 miles

18 stations

July 25

Sun Link

Tucson,

Arizona

SC

Sun Link

Congress St. /

Granada Ave. to

Warren St. / Helen St.

3.9 miles

17 stations

July 26

Washington

Metropolitan

Transit

Authority

Washington,

DC

HR

Silver Phase I

East Falls Church to

Wiehle-Reston East

11.6 miles

5 stations

August 18

Dallas Area

Regional

Transit

Dallas,

Texas

LR

Orange

Extension from

Beltline to DFW

Airport

4.7 miles

1 station

August 25

Calgary Transit

Calgary,

Alberta

LR

Northwest

Crowfoot to

Tuscany/Rocky Ridge

1.5 miles

1 station

September 2

Massachusetts

Bay

Transportation

Authority

Somerville,

Massachuset

ts

HR

Orange

Assembly Square

(Fill-in Station) opens

November 10

MTA NYC

Transit

New York,

New York

HR

2 3 4 5

A C J R Z

Fulton Center opens

November 22

Bay Area Rapid

Transit

San

Francisco,

California

AGT

Oakland Airport

Connector

Coliseum to Oakland

International Airport

3.2 miles

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November

District DOT

Washington,

DC

SC

H Street / Benning

Road

2.4 miles

8 stations

November

City of Atlanta /

Atlanta

Downtown

Improvement

Project /

MARTA

Atlanta,

Georgia

SC

Atlanta Streetcar

Project Phase I

2.7 mile loop

12 stations

December 1

Agence

metropolitaine

de Transport

Montreal,

Quebec

CR

Train de L’Est

Central Station to

Mascouche

32 miles

10 stations

End Chicago Transit

Authority

Chicago,

Illinois HR Green

Cermak-McCormick

station opens

MOVED TO 2015

Early

Edmonton

Transit

Edmonton,

Alberta

LR

North

Churchill to Nait

2 miles

3 stations

February 24

MTA NY City

Transit

New York,

New York

HR

7 Extension

Times Sq. to Hudson

Yards

1 station

1.4 miles

1st Quarter

Sound Transit

Seattle,

Washington

SC

First Hill Streetcar

Occidental / South

Jackson to Broadway

/ East Denny Way

2.5 miles

10 stations

March

Dallas Area

Regional

Transit

Dallas, Texas

SC

Oak Cliff Streetcar

Dallas Union Station

to Oak Cliff

1.6 miles

4 stations

April 4

MTA Houston

Houston,

Texas

LR

East End (Green)

Phase I

Theater District to

Altic/Howard Hughes

3.3 miles

3 stations

April 4

MTA Houston

Houston,

Texas

LR

Southeast (Purple)

Convention District to

Palm Center

6.6 miles

11 stations

July VRE Spotsylvania,

Virginia CR Fredericksburg

Spotsylvania station

opens

Not previously listed were the Green Line Cermak-McCormack Station (closed September 9,

1977 and demolished the following year), and the Fulton Street Transit Center, now just Fulton

Center (June 24).

Key:

AGT Automated Guideway Transit

CR Commuter Rail

HR Heavy Rail

LR Light Rail

SC Streetcar


RESULTS OF ROBERT SHOTTIN FIRST AUCTION

Cat.# high bid Cat.# high bid Cat.# high bid Cat.# high bid Cat.# high bid

AL-120-H $10.00 AR-360Ha $1.00 CA-450AL $3.00 CA-955Bb $1.06 CT-210-C $3.00

AL-190-A $0.86 AR-360Hb $1.00 CA-450AN $3.06 CA-997-M $1.00 CT-210-D $1.50

AL-190-B $1.66 AR-360-I $1.58 CA-450AQ $3.00 CA-998-H $2.00 CT240Ab $2.00

AL-220-A $5.00 AR-360-J $1.00 CA-450AS $3.00 CA1000H $1.56 CT-240-B $3.00

AL-220-G $4.15 AR-405-B $1.00 CA450AW $8.15 CA1000-I $1.56 CT-290-D $3.00

AL-220-I $17.00 AR-435-C $1.00 CA450YG $5.00 CA1000J $1.00 CT-290-E $3.26

AL-240-B $3.86 AR-435Jb $0.56 CA-525-B $8.15 CA1000U $5.00 CT-290-F $3.00

AL-450-B $0.56 AR-435-K $1.00 CA-527-A $4.00 CA1000V $5.00 CT290Ma $1.58

AL-560-A $16.28 AR-450-B $0.86 CA-575-D $2.00 CA1000W $1.00 CT-290-O $2.00

AL-560-H $4.00 AR-480-A $15.00 CA-575-R $2.00 CA1000-X $1.00 CT-305-D $5.00

AL-560-I $13.15 AR-480-C $1.00 CA-705-B $1.00 CA1000BE $3.00 CT-305Fa $2.00

AL-560-Ja $0.59 AR-480-K $3.00 CA-705-C $0.85 CO-60-B $0.66 CT-305-G $2.00

AL-560-V $1.16 AR-480-N $1.00 CA-715-L $1.00 CO-110-C $1.25 CT-305-I $2.00

AL560AA $1.00 AR-480Ra $1.00 CA-715-R $4.00 CO-110-D $5.00 CT-305-J $2.00

AL570-Fc $1.00 AR-480-S $1.00 CA-715Sb $1.10 CO-110-E $5.00 CT-305-K $2.00

AL-800-C $1.00 AR-480-T $1.00 CA-715-U $0.66 CO-110-F $5.00 CT-320Bb $22.60

AL-840-A $32.10 AR-480-U $1.00 CA-715AB $1.00 CO-110-G $1.00 CT-520-B $1.00

AK-50-K $17.00 AR-885-B $4.00 CA-715AC $0.90 CO-110-H $5.00 CT-525-B $2.27

AK-300-C $16.65 AR-885-E $2.00 CA-745-S $0.56 CO-110-I $1.00 CT-525-C $3.77

AK-450-H $3.00 AR-885-H $1.00 CA745AF $3.00 CO-110-J $5.00 CT-525-D $2.27

AK1000A $1.00 AR1000A $1.00 CA0760-E $1.00 CO-110-K $5.00 CT-525-E $1.00

AK1000B $1.00 CA-50-C $1.00 CA-775-E $2.00 CO-140-E $0.66 CT-560Ha $1.01

AK1000C $1.00 CA-110-B $1.00 CA-775-O $2.00 CO-140-L $0.75 CT-560Hb $1.01

AK1000D $1.06 CA-110-D $0.66 CA-775-R $3.00 CO260Ba $5.01 CT-998-F $5.40

AK1000E $1.00 CA-125-C $3.00 CA805B-error $1.66 CO-260-E $0.66 DE-300-A $1.75

AZ-80-B $0.85 CA-128-C $12.24 CA-815-E $1.00 CO-260-F $0.85 DE-300-B $1.75

AZ-240-B $3.00 CA-185-C $3.90 CA-825-B $5.00 CO-260-I $1.00 DE-300-I $1.75

AZ-640-A $24.62 CA-205-D $1.00 CA-825-D $0.56 CO-260-J $0.66 DE-900-B $45.05

AZ-640-M $1.60 CA-245-B $3.00 CA-835-B $1.16 CO-260-K $1.00 DE-900-G $2.00

AZ-680-A $90.00 CA-245-C $3.06 CA-835-F $1.56 CO-280-D $0.75 FL-180-A $5.00

AZ-780-A $3.00 CA-255-B $1.25 CA-835-L $2.00 CO-340-D $1.00 FL-260-B $1.20

AZ-800-A $1.85 CA-300-B $1.00 CA-895-C $0.66 CO-340-J $1.00 FL-375-A $0.81

AZ1000A $4.35 CA-300-G $3.00 CA-895-E $3.35 CO-340-O $3.00 FL-380-G $41.05

AZ1000D $4.35 CA-320-E $5.55 CA-940-A $2.00 CO-690-A $1.00 FL-380-V $0.56

AZ1000E $7.65 CA-320-G $7.15 CA-945-B $0.66 CO-690-B $62.50 FL-380-Y $3.11

AZ1000G $7.50 CA-320-H $1.56 CA-945-C $0.56 CO-760-F $1.00 FL-405-B $5.00

AR-300-E $3.00 CA-435-A $1.00 CA-945-D $0.65 CO830Aa $1.25 FL-540-B $25.00

AR-360-C $1.00 CA-450-A $90.00 CA-945-F $0.56 CO-840-A $1.50 FL-540-C $0.81

AR-360-E $1.00 CA-450-R $1.00 CA-945-G $0.65 CO-860-D $11.65 FL-595-A $1.00

AR-360-F $1.00 CA-450-S $1.00 CA945Mc $1.00 CT-85-C $2.27 FL-630-D $2.00

AR-360-G $1.00 CA-450AC $3.50 CA-945-N $1.00 CT-85-D $3.00

Tokens receiving NO BIDS are now available for sale at the min. bid price as listed 1.5 X A/C values.

See the October issue Fare Box pages 92 & 93 Auction of Robert Shottin Collection.

Notes:Value and listings have been adjusted to the 2013 A/C catalogue supplement for bidders.

Listings CA-575-Aa and CA-575-Ab were not in auction by my error and available for sale now.

Listing CT-290-P also not listed and is available for sale now . All three tokens at 1.5 times C/V.

To all bidders,many thanks for all your bids. And as always "Satisfaction Guaranteed"

Bill Weber Auction manager.


SUPPLEMENT #2 TO CAR WASH TOKENS OF NORTH AMERICA

By James P. Delaney

WASHINGTON

KENT 4420 (formerly TMST 3700-M) (cartoon monkey holding brush) [One Clean Monkey Car Wash]

A LtBz 23 R Carwash Token / $100 (in circle) / No Cash Value • No Refunds (light bronze) (reeded edge) 1.00

ALBERTA

CALGARY 1400 SOUTH TRAIL / TEXACO / ONE FREE / CAR WASH M o Po 35 R (blank) (gold lettering on obverse) 3.50 SOUTH / TRAIL / TEXACO N Pe 37 R (blank) (white lettering) [good for a $2.00 car wash] 6.00 O Py 37 R (blank) (black lettering) [good for a $3.50 car wash & hot wax] 6.00 P Pg 37 R (blank) (white lettering) [good for a $5.00 car wash & turtle wax] 6.00 CLASSIC / 1812 35TH ST SE / CALGARY / ALTA / AUTO WASH (all incuse) Q B 25 R (blank) 5.00 BRIDGELAND / (bridge) / CARWASH R Bz 29 R Carwash / (antique car type-B) / HH / Token 2.50 (moved from Biggar, SK to correct location) MOUNTAIN / CITY / CAR WASH (all incuse) S S 22 R (blank) 2.50 T S 23 R (blank) 2.50 U S 29 R (blank) 2.50 V B 23 R (blank) 2.50 CLIVE 1630 WET WATER IND. LTD. CLIVE, AB. / (7 water drops) / CAR WASH TOKEN A B 26 R Car Wash Token / (smiling shiny car) / (403) 784-2010 2.50 EDMONTON 2500 BILL TRUCK & CAR WASH / (maple leaf) Y WM 29 R (maple leaf) / Edmanton (sic) 5.00 CENTURY / SHELL (all incuse) Z A 24 R (blank) 5.00 BEVERLY / SHELL (all incuse) AA A 24 R (blank) 5.00 8 (incuse) AB A 24 R (blank) 2.50 HINTON 3400 (add variations) KWICK / •N• / KLEEN (all incuse) B o B 24 R (blank) (Vars:) 3.50

a. token is 1.5mm thick b. token is 1.75mm thick

(updated 3400-E and added 3400-F)

KWICK / & $1 / KLEEN (all incuse) E o S 26 R (blank) (magnetic,3.5 mm (large) “&” , KLEEN is far from the edge) 3.50 F o WM 26 R (blank) (non-magnetic, 3mm (small) “&” , KLEEN is close to the edge) 3.50


MEDICINE HAT 4675 MAPLE / AVENUE / CARWASH (white lettering) A Pr 29 R (blank) 1.50

MILET 4700 MO-JO / AUTO (all incuse) A A 24 R (blank) 5.00 ST. PAUL 8500 (added notes plus a new listing) ST. / PAUL (all incuse) A o B 24 Do (blank) [some samples are counterstamped with 1,3 or 5 below PAUL] 10.00 ST. PAUL (all incuse) B o A 24 Do (blank) [some samples are counterstamped with #6 below ST. PAUL] 10.00 SPRUCE GROVE 8800 OWL (incuse) D o A 24 Ow (blank) 10.00 ONTARIO WATERLOO 9310 WATERLOO / HONDA (all inside rectangle with “W” on left end) A Bz 25 R Carwash / (antique car-type B) / © / Token 1.00 QUEBEC L’ ÈPIPHANIE 5500 CL (on front of sports car) A WM 20 R Lavage 1.00 AIR AND WATER TOKEN

GROUP 0200 (Cooper Tire) COOPER / TIRE (all in a circle of dots) A B 25 R No / Cash / Value / HM TOKEN MANUFACTURERS’ STOCK TOKENS (TMST) GROUP 1720

CAR WASH / (front of shiny smiling car) / TOKEN N Bz 27 R Good • For • Fifty • Cents • In • Trade / 50 / • HM • GROUP 2000

••••• NON REFUNDABLE ••••• / (crown) / CARWASH / TOKEN / VB / NO CASH VALUE Q NpB 27 R No / Cash / Value / OC UNIDENTIFIED CORRAL / (steer head) / CAR WASH 508 Bz 25 R Token / HM

This token was listed years ago as being from the Corral Car Wash in Cochraine, AB. The owner, who has been the only owner for this establishment, has confirmed it was never used at his facility.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS CA 9640-C (Waterford) has no period (•) between 25 and cents on reverse

Send new discoveries to Jim Delaney at: 1 Winder Crescent Newport News, VA 23606-1762 or email: [email protected]


FARE BOX ~ BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE December 2014

Advertising Manager: Tom Wallace ~ 105 Garden Lane ~ Winlock, WA 98596 ~ (360) 785.3245 ~ [email protected] ... Please! Try to keep your ads under 4 lines of size 12 Bold font… Larger ads must be sent to The Fare Box Editor. Your ad must contain your name & address with zip code. List your phone & email address if you want. NOTE: I’m now accepting more than one ad per member per month. Please! Only ads relating to items in the American Vecturist Association publications will be printed.

35 For Sale: When the below board is complete I will take offers on the entire board starting at $75.00. . School Bus Ben – 216 Hampton Rd – Benton Harbor, MI 49022. Email: [email protected] 35 For Sale: I will be adding quite a few nice, hard to find, transit tokens to my web site at 1.5 times catalog at the beginning of December. http://fantasticprices.com/token/trntoken.html Bob Schneider, 2321 Londale Ct, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 - [email protected] - (757) 713-0786

For Sale: I still have some 2014 Convention Tour Tokens @ $11 each plus postage ($2.32). Joel Reznick - [email protected] - 1591 Monarch Drive, Venice, FL, 34293-0302 - 941-758-8886 or 941-920-FROG 45 Miscellaneous: Great images and info on the Facebook group TRANSPORTATION TOKEN COLLECTORS. Take a look and join the fun, free of course. Last month: Porto Alegre, N-York & Harlaem RR, D.G. West depotel, Rio de Janeiro, Lakewood OH, Istanbul electronic keychain pass, Arhus DNK, mystery TUNNEL, Montreal bridge article and more. Yosef Sa'ar, [email protected].

65 Trade: I will trade 2 for 1 transit or other tokens. Send me up to 25 different tokens plus $2.50 postage and I will send you up to 50 various tokens of my choice with many duplicates. School Bus Ben – 216 Hampton Rd – Benton Harbor, MI 49022. Email: [email protected]

70 Wanted: Willing to pay three times (yes three x's) catalog value for the following tokens. GA 580AA & AB. HI 1000A & B. ID 440F. IL 460G, 795P, 999 E,F, X,Y,Z, AA & AB. IN 170 A & B, 330G, 590B, 610E, 1000H. IA1000B. KY480Z, 630B, 680 U, V, W, X, Y, Z.LA 470D, 1000 D,E,F,G,H. ME 998A. Bob Lazar 365 West 25th St. apt 21F New York, NY. 10001 or [email protected] Contact before sending. 70 Wanted: Still looking to add to my AVA Personal Token Collection. I’m interested in buying small amounts or larger collections. Let me know what you have. Tom Wallace – 105 Garden lane –Winlock, Washington – 98596 - (360) 785 3245 or Email: [email protected] 70 Wanted: I will pay $3.00 for a O.P.A. Blue WC. Need it to complete my collection board. School Bus Ben – 216 Hampton Rd – Benton Harbor, MI 49022. Email: [email protected]


FARE BOX ~ BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE December 2014

70 Wanted: Old transit tickets. Still looking for old tickets from trolley, ferry, steamer, toll road,

turnpike, stagecoach, horsecar, city railway, traction company, omnibus, etc. Paying well for any

I can use for my collection or stock. Dan Benice, PO Box 5708, Cary, NC 27512. e-mail:

[email protected]

70 Wanted: Texas Tokens: 445-F, 65-D & 145-Kb. Walt Fairfield – 1402 Leneva Ln – Pasadena,

Texas 77502 – Phone 713-477-0002

To all of our AVA Members and especially those who have used the Fare Box ads over the past

year. Thanks for offering tokens to those who needed them or those who purchased them to

further their collections. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. May 2015 be the

greatest year yet.

Please remember that ads for the month must be received by the 21st of the prior

month.

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