subway tokens
Underground railway payment
Subway tokens are small metal coins purchased to pay for rides on an urban subway system.
Once standard fare payment in cities like New York, they've been largely replaced by electronic cards and contactless payment.
The tokens themselves have become collectible, and the phrase sometimes evokes urban nostalgia: I still have a few old subway tokens in a drawer somewhere.
- coinStamped metal currency
- pocket changeMinor cash on hand
- ticketEntry permit slip
- turnstileRotating single-passage barrier
- metalHard conductive solid
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- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
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- currenciesdollar, pound, euro, yen, peso
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subway tokenscontactless payment
Purchase via near-field technology
mobile payment · credit card payment · Apple Pay · Google Pay · tap-to-pay