One Fare The Long Island Rail Road / The Route of the Dashing Commuter

Bronze · 28 mm

EXO-NY-QNS-0020 obverse — **Obverse:** ONE FARE THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD THE ROUTE OF THE DASHING COMMUTER (MAN RUNNING TO CATCH TRAIN)

EXO-NY-QNS-0020 reverse — **Reverse:** ©1961 New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation ® (unisphere)

Queens transit token associated with One Fare The Long Island Rail Road / The Route of the Dashing Commuter.

Quick Facts

Exonumist ID: EXO-NY-QNS-0020
Catalog X-Refs: NY631S / TC-240260
Material: Bronze
Size: 28 mm
Shape: Round
Borough: Queens
Issued: 1963-1964
Mintage: 300,000

Notes

Vars. 2. Used on special trains to the New York World's Fair and deposited in turnstiles accepting either 50¢ in coins or one token. The Long Island Rail Road also sold special kits containing one of these tokens; after the fair, 200,000 were melted down.