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History mystery solved - "1952" Garden State Parkway toll token is 1980s vintage
Posted on Wed, 2009-03-18 20:48
Toll tokens minted for the New Jersey Highway Authority (NJHA) for use on its Garden State Parkway in the 1980s all had the year "1952" stamped on them, 1952 being the year the NJHA was established. With coins the convention is that they are stamped with the year of minting, but that convention wasn't applied to Garden State Parkway toll tokens. (see picture) We've been wrestling with this after we carried an advertisement for a 1952 token.
Were we conned over early Garden State Parkway token? (CORRECTION)
Posted on Mon, 2009-03-16 20:56We're wondering: were we conned by a guy seeking to sell to collectors a 1952 New Jersey Highway Authority token for the
Garden State Parkway? We wrote up his advertisement Feb 7 here:
http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/3988
A New Jersey reader has just told us he only remembers tokens coming into widespread use in about 1990.
HERO:NJ’s Commissioner Weinstein defends tolls
Posted on Fri, 2001-03-02 03:16HERO:NJ’s Commissioner Weinstein defends tolls
Originally published in issue 54 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 2001.
Page:1
Subjects:detoll anti-toll ETX electronic toll express
Facilities:Garden State Parkway GSP
Agencies:New Jersey Highway Authority NJHA
Locations:New Jersey NJ
Sources:Thurston
Garden State Parkway threatened
Posted on Wed, 2001-01-03 02:26Garden State Parkway threatened
Originally published in issue 53 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 2001.
Page:1
Subjects:anti-toll detoll end toll
Facilities:Garden State Parkway GSP
Agencies:New Jersey Highway Authority NJHA
Locations:New Jersey NJ
