automatic coin machine

Today saw the last automatic coin machine removed from the Maine Turnpike. After the morning commute at the Gray interchange (MP63) north of Portland the lane was closed and the last of the Turnpike's ACMs was taken away, the Mark IV IAG equipment fired up, and the signage changed to "E-ZPass ONLY."

Jerry Stutts now 78 has always been a collector, he tells us, but he's gradually selling off collectibles to supplement his social security income. He wonders if any readers are interested in buying from him a 1952 Garden State Parkway token. Dated 1952 it must be one of the first tokens to be used in  automatic coin machines (ACMs) anywhere because we know the Garden State Parkway was where they were first deployed, and it was opening in stages around that time.