Token, Transportation
- Object Name:
- Token, Transportation
- Object ID:
- 2005.056.01-.25
- Date:
- 1955-1977
- Description:
- Plastic vial containing 25 New Hampshire turnpike tokens. All tokens are identical, made of silver metal. Each token bears an image of the Old Man of the Mountain on both sides, with the words "* NEW HAMPSHIRE *" above and "PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS" below. The letter "A" is punched out at base of the Old Man.
- Material:
- Metal
Plastic - Dimensions:
- L-2.2 Dia-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- The "A" tokens were first issued when toll collecting began on NH highways in 1955. "A" tokens were discontinued in 1977.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. David G. Stahl
- Subjects:
- Turnpike roads, Tolls, Toll roads, Old Man of the Mountain
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