California Transit Tokens
Califonia city trolleys, railways, and buses
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These are tokens used by California public transit companies for fares.
Most are from the 1940's to 1960's.
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1. Transit Token San Francisco Market Street
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 2.68 gm
SAN FRANCISCO GOOD FOR ONE FARE MARKET ST. RY. CO. Samuel Kahn PRESIDENT 2. Transit Token San Francisco Municipal Railway
Brass, 16 mm, 2.24 gm
Large SF MUNICIPAL RAILWAY Large SF backwards SAN FRANCISCO ONE FARE 3. Transit Token San Francisco Oakland Key System
Zinc, 16 mm, 1.43 gm
KEY SYSTEM / ONE FARE GOOD FOR ONE FARE 4. Transit Token San Francisco Oakland Key System 1945
Brass, 16 mm, 1.91 gm
KEY SYSTEM OAKLAND / 1945 GOOD FOR ONE LOCAL FARE 5. Transit Token San Francisco Oakland Key System 1950
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 1.95 gm
KEY SYSTEM OAKLAND / 1950 GOOD FOR ONE LOCAL FARE 6. Transit Token East Bay Transit Company
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 1.84 gm
EAST BAY TRANSIT COMPANY GOOD FOR ONE FARE 7. Transit Token Mare Island Ferry
Bronze, 23 mm, 3.75 gm
MARE ISLAND FERRY GOOD FOR ONE FARE
Mare Island was a large US Navy base located near Vallejo, California.
Supposedly the Spanish governor lost his female horse and found it on the island.
8. Transit Token Alameda County AC 1961
Brass, 16 mm, 1.75 gm
ALAMEDA CONTRA COSTA / TRANSIT 1961 DISTRICT / AC TRANSIT AC TRANSIT / GOOD FOR ONE LOCAL FARE 9. Transit Token Alameda County AC 1968
Brass, 16 mm, 1.82 gm
ALAMEDA CONTRA COSTA / TRANSIT 1968 DISTRICT / Ready Fare AC TRANSIT / GOOD FOR ONE LOCAL FARE 10. Transit Token Santa Clara Valley VTA
Copper, 23 mm, 5.12 gm
SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY / ADULT / VTA SINGLE RIDE / ADULT / A
Santa Clara County is a few miles south of San Francisco.
These were issued and used in the 1980's.
11. Transit Token San Jose
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 2.55 gm
San Jose Mission and palm tree SAN JOSE CITY LINES GOOD FOR ONE FARE 12. Transit Token San Mateo County SamTrans
Brass, 23 mm, 4.44 gm
SAN MATEO COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT / SAMTRANS / RWM / A GOOD FOR ONE LOCAL FARE / A
San Mateo County is a few miles south of San Francisco.
These were issued and used in the 1980's.
RWM is the manufacturer, the Roger Williams Mint of Attleboro, Massachusetts
13. Transit Token Santa Cruz
Brass, 16 mm, 1.96 gm
SANTA CRUZ TRANSIT CO. / SCT GOOD FOR ONE FARE / SCT 14. Transit Token Sacramento
Brass, 16 mm, 1.81 gm
SACRAMENTO CITY LINES GOOD FOR ONE FARE 15. Transit Token Stockton School Fare
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 4.49 gm
City logo STOCKTON CITY LINES, INC. City logo GOOD FOR ONE SCHOOL FARE 16. Transit Token Fresno
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 1.49 gm
FRESNO CITY LINES GOOD FOR ONE FARE 17. Transit Token Los Angeles Railways
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 1.45 gm
LOS ANGELES RAILWAY GOOD FOR ONE FARE 18. Transit Token Los Angeles Transit Lines
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 1.56 gm
LOS ANGELES TRANSIT LINES GOOD FOR ONE FARE 19. Transit Token Pasadena City Lines
Copper-nickel, 22 mm, 5.29 gm
PASADENA CITY LINES, INC. GOOD FOR ONE FARE 20. Transit Token Long Beach Lines
Copper-nickel, 16 mm, 1.94 gm
City skyline and ship LONG BEACH LINES City skyline and ship GOOD FOR ONE FARE |
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