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This is the HOLY GRAIL of Metrocard Collecting.
This set is UNOPENED, in its original presentation envelope with the Silver embossed seal.
I ordered these directly from the MTA after they announced that they were cutting the initial run from 20,000 sets to 4,000. It turns out that they probably made and sold even less than the 4,000!!
While others may be "rarer" in terms of quantity...this is THE Inaugural Set...the one that started it...the oldest....Numero UNO...and the equivalent of the Topps 52 Mantle card for Metrocard collectors. Without this one, the collection cannot be complete, no matter what the collecting ground-rules are!!
In the original envelope with the SEAL unopened...so while 4,000 were intended to be issued, probably many of them were opened and quite a few used due to the size of the "face value" of the original set ($36.25) and its selling price from the MTA of $50.
MANY were used, MOST were opened, VERY FEW of these UNOPENED with the ORIGINAL "Die Stamped" Sticker are left. The ULTIMATE MetroCard Collectible when you combine SCARCITY, the 4 Cards, the FIRST ISSUE and the Condition in UNOPENED ENVELOPE with Silver Seal INTACT. When introduced in 1993/1994 the MetroCard changed the way New Yorkers used Public Transportation. I have scanned MY set which was opened several years ago. THIS ITEM YOU ARE offerDING ON IS SEALED, IN ITS ORIGINAL, PRINTED ENVELOPE (COMPLETE WITH FULLY EMBOSSED METALLIC SILVER FOIL SEAL).
Set is in a PROTECTED, CLEAR VINYL Holder with 4 MetroCards and a Letter from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Chairman and CEO Peter Stangl. ALL 4 denominations are here: $1.25, $5.00, $10.00 and $20.00. ALL 4 are INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED and have "INAUGURAL LIMITED EDITION" printed on the back. The Prominent New York City Landmarks Pictured are: NYC SKYLINE (with the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center), GRAND CENTRAL STATION, WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER and TIMES SQUARE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COPY OF THE METROCARD WORLD SHOWN TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THAT THIS IS, INDEED, THE INAUGURAL SET.. IS NOT INCLUDED.
PLEASE do NOT let the Doors of THIS listing Close and Leave you Behind. Like the NYC Subways "You Never Know" when another will come again. Price includes PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING, carefully packed with a Delivery Confirmation.
Please note: Due to increasing fraud, we are no longer shipping outside the United States.
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