NEWMAN PORTAL INCLUDES THE FARE BOX

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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 8, February 19, 2017, Article 10

NEWMAN PORTAL INCLUDES THE FARE BOX

The latest addition to the Newman Numismatic Portal is The Fare Box, a publication of the American Vecturist Association. Project Coordinator Len Augsburger provided the following note. -Editor

The Fare Box, the journal of the American Vecturist Association (AVA), is now available on the Newman Portal for the years 1947-2007. The Fare Box actually preceded the founding of the AVA (1948), but was shortly thereafter moved under the Association. John M. Coffee, Jr., history professor at Emerson College in Boston, served as Editor for over 60 years, undoubtedly the longest such tenure in American numismatics (or any other numismatics, for that matter).

For those not familiar with the AVA, a vecturist is a collector of transportation tokens, and The Fare Box has ably covered this field on a monthly basis for nearly three-quarters of a century. Vecturists pursue transportation, parking, and car wash tokens, often on a state-by-state basis, similar to other token collecting disciplines. The Newman Portal acknowledges AVA Secretary Peter Irion for his assistance with this project.

The AVA had already digitized its past archive of issues when I contacted them on behalf of the Newman Portal, making this an easy acquisition for the site. We're very happy to welcome the AVA on board. To practice spelling "Vecturist", see their web site logo, which is clearly comprised of transportation token images. -Editor

Peter Irion adds:

We are excited to have these newsletters as part of the portal and will hopefully be safely preserved forever.

Link to The Fare Box on the Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/516936

American Vecturist Association website:
http://www.vecturist.com/

Wayne Homren, Editor

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