Token - İ.E.T.T. Tünel Istanbul; 19 mm

Token - İ.E.T.T. Tünel (Istanbul; 19 mm) - obverseToken - İ.E.T.T. Tünel (Istanbul; 19 mm) - reverse

© Wilson Roberto Vasques Nunes

Features

Location Turkey
Type Automatic tokens › Transit token
Composition Brass
Weight 3.7 g
Diameter 19 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
146497
References TK# 0058
Tunç Buyurgan, Kaan Uslu; 2013. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Jeton, Fiş ve Markaları : Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic Tokens. Dijital Düşler Basım San. ve Tic., Istanbul, Turkey.

Obverse

IETT (Istanbul Electric Tram and Subway) in square. I is a candle and both T's are swords with point up, hilt down.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IETT

Reverse

Lettering only.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
İ.E.T.T.
TÜNEL
JETONU

Translation:
İ.E.T.T.
TUNNEL
TOKEN

Edge

Smooth

Comments

İETT is short for İstanbul Elektrik Tramway ve Tünel (Istanbul Electric Tram and Subway), established in 1939. The Tünel is a short underground railway that opened in 1875, making it the second-oldest underground urban railway in the world.

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