Israel - "Technicians' Token" - Telephone Token for Service Technicians - 1950s

Israel - "Technicians' Token" - Telephone Token for Service Technicians - 1950s An early Israeli telephone token known as the "Technicians' Token", used by telephone technicians for testing, operating and accessing public telephones as part of their work. Telephone tokens served as a means of payment for calls made from public telephones. The token was not a circulating coin, but a dedicated item inserted into the appropriate slot in the telephone in order to place a call. The price of telephone tokens was updated from time to time in accordance with call tariffs. The use of telephone tokens in Israel began in 1953. The technicians' token was intended for internal professional use rather than for the general public, making it an interesting item from the history of telecommunications in Israel.