railroad token

[vadigger89]

I dug this awhile back I was jw if anyone has seen one before and any ideas on the dates these were used. I dug it in culpeper VA.

 

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[creskol]

one of these maybe?

 

[vadigger89]

That is it. Thanks I didnt know it was from the 80s I thought it was older than that.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Subway not railroad. I remember using them 1986. Scroll down here and look closely for SJD initials. http://www.nycsubway.org/tech/tokens/tokensmedals.html

"In 1986 50 million new steel centered brass tokens were minted by the Roger Williams Mint at a cost of $5,750,000. Under GOOD FOR on the reverse are small initials, SJD, they are for Silvester J. Dubosz, then Assistant Conroller of the New York City Transit Authority. He was responsible for ordering the tokens, and was fired once it was discovered that he had hid initials placed on the token order. Later strikes of the design do not carry the initials, eventually over 90 million of these bi-metallic tokens were minted. These were the first tokens to be sold in ten packs with a free ride at time of purchase."

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yep I see the initials.

 

[vadigger89]

Thaks for the pointing that out I never even noticed the initials on the token.