Travel Bug Dog Tag Token of a Centennial

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, January 10, 2004
Origin:
Massachusetts, United States
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“Token of a Centennial” arrived in his home in New York City, for the centennial celebration of the New York City Transit Authority, on October 27, 2004. “Token of a Centennial” wants to celebrate by traveling on, and being photographed near, transit systems in as many North American cities as he can. He was placed in the "Bryant Park Micro" cache (GCHV7T). He now wants to roam around the City and then hit the road again.

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Token of a Centennial

On October 27, 1904 the first subway opened from City Hall to Harlem and launched an unprecedented era of growth and prosperity for the newly unified City of New York. The subway allowed New York City and its economy to grow and helped shape and connect its great neighborhoods.

Nearly 100 years later, the New York City subway, operated by MTA New York City Transit, is the largest subway system in North America. It moves over 4.5 million customers each day, in 6,400 train cars, over 656 miles of subway track, to 468 stations, on 26 train lines. Until about 1995 metal tokens of various genres were used to gain entry to subways and buses. Tokens are history now on the NYCTA, as magnetic fare cards have replaced them. This token is a little reminder of the how things used to be. I hope that for those who have used a token to pay for a ride on a transit system, that this TB brings back a few memories.

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Tracking History (2990.2mi) View Map

Discovered It 3/9/2024 schwartz-hansen discovered it   Visit Log

Coincidentally seen on the home page of the TB while searching for another TB
I hope that´s ok? else just delete my log please - thank you anyway 🙂
Sadly the TB seems to be lost, since it haven´t been moved for more than 18 years
Dropped Off 6/16/2005 Dreamer placed it in 92nd Street Cache Revisited Washington - 31.79 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/11/2005 Dreamer retrieved it from Mount Ten Bikes Washington   Visit Log

I normally wouldn't take a TB from one of my own caches, but I was at the nearby Fairwood library reading my e-mail when I discovered FrankTheTank had left what I thought was an unactivated TB token in Mouint10Bikes so I stopped by to grab it and discovered it was a TB named Token.

I also noticed that two people stopped by looking for this TB between when I grabbed it and when I was able to log it. This is the reason I don't bother hunting TBs. They are often gone when you go looking for them.
Dropped Off 6/10/2005 frankthetank placed it in Mount Ten Bikes Washington - 5.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/9/2005 frankthetank retrieved it from shrek in hiding Washington   Visit Log

took token left $1.00
Dropped Off 6/6/2005 CENT5 placed it in shrek in hiding Washington - 12.77 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/2/2005 CENT5 retrieved it from Blake Island Manse Washington   Visit Log

On maintenance run grabbed this one back to the mainland,
Dropped Off 5/13/2005 Prying Pandora placed it in Blake Island Manse Washington - 13.65 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/28/2005 Prying Pandora retrieved it from Living The Wildlife Washington   Visit Log

This is the tiniest TB I've ever seen! 😎
Dropped Off 4/24/2005 2 Troopers placed it in Living The Wildlife Washington - 9.94 miles  Visit Log
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