Transfer Ticket - Tyson and Co. Telegraph Line New York, Manhattan ND

Reverse

"TRANSFER TICKET" over image of mid-1800's omnibus.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TRANSFER TICKET

Edge

Plain

Comment

There are four versions of this token cataloged as NY630La-NY630Ld. La has one dot under the "o" in "Co" and one after the "Co," Lb has two dots under the"o" in "Co" and one after the "Co," Lc has one dot after the "N" in "TYSON" and one dot under the "o" in "Co," and Ld has one dot under the "o" in "Co."

Omnibuses were urban horse-drawn stagecoaches, used in the mid-1800s, which could carry multiple passengers. These tokens were holed so that after passengers paid their fare to the driver, he could store them on strings.