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West-Link Car Toll Token - Brass 25mm diameter

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  • 28-05-2017 12:00am
    #1
    masculinist
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    I found a brass token with ''West Link'' inscribed on one side and ''car toll token'' inscribed on the other side.

    I found a photo of it on this thread on a different site

    http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=31534.0

    Is it worth anything ?

    Can I use it as payment for any of the toll roads ?


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    #2
    Del.Monte
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    This should answer your question: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/WEST-LINK-CAR-TOLL-NTR-TOKEN-COIN-/161912290434

    Keep it for your great great grandchildren and even then it will be probably more valuable its metal content than as a collectors item.

    As for using it...good luck with that.

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    #3
    masculinist
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    ah so its worthless. I thought so . However , does any west link toll company still exist which might be forced (or persuaded) to honor it ?


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    coylemj
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    masculinist wrote: »
    ah so its worthless. I thought so . However , does any west link toll company still exist which might be forced (or persuaded) to honor it ?

    You used to be able to buy a bag of tokens and then use them in the unmanned (chuck the coins into a basket) lanes to speed your progress through the toll booths instead of fumbling for coins. The tokens were phased out I think when they introduced the windscreen tags.

    That would make the holder of any of those tokens a creditor of the toll company i.e. they owe you the value of the token in cash or services. Definitely a case for m'learned friends, I'd engage a Senior Counsel straight away.


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    L1011
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    masculinist wrote: »
    ah so its worthless. I thought so . However , does any west link toll company still exist which might be forced (or persuaded) to honor it ?

    NTR plc

    You will spend more asking them for the value than its value - last sold at about £1.50 I believe.


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