The subway agent booths seems to be going the way of the token and the MetroCard as well— disappearing. For now, you can buy vintage NYC subway tokens at the MTA Transit Museum Store (or on E-bay).

Well an article on Gizmodo today revealed what happened to the beloved subway token . According to the article, 45 of the 60 million leftover subway tokens were melted down and used for scrap metal.

This is a close up view of a 20 cent New York City subway token in 1969. On Jan. 4, 1970, the price of the token increased to 30 cents, and a larger token will be introduced along with the fare hike.

The MetroCard was introduced on January 6th, 1994, the start of a long goodbye for the subway token. But before all that, we had paper tickets and dime-dropping.

The transition to the new tap-and-go system for New York City subway and bus riders is expected to save the agency at least $20 million annually, it said. Listen to this article · 4:23 min Learn more ...

MetroCards have been around since 1994, but now seem destined to go the way of the subway token, which stopped being used in 2003.

A transit policeman in Atlanta handcuffed and cited a man who sold a subway token to another rider who was having trouble with a token-vending machine.

Cash is no longer king at the subway’s token booths. Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said Wednesday that booth workers — who once handled thousands of cash and fare tran… ...

Currently, OMNY is used by about 70% of bus and subway riders, the MTA said. MetroCards have become something of a collector's item, with more than 400 special editions issued by the MTA.