Above is the 2011 NYE Run Coin (300) which debuted in December 2011.
The inspiration for the 2011 NYE Coin was simple. I wanted the coin to be very NYC, while incorporating symbolism relating to both Phish and Madison Square Garden.
On one side, I re-worked the classic design of a New York City manhole cover. The circular and silver nature of the manhole cover struck me as the perfect fit for one side of this coin. As a child growing up in New York City, manhole covers like this were among my first fascinations, as I wondered what lay beneath them. Instead of reading “N.Y.C. SEWER” however, the manhole cover reads “N.Y.C. NEW YEARS.” It turns out that “NEW YEARS” is actually an anagram for “A N.Y. SEWER,” so there is a bit of double entendre there. This design also drifts into the realm of the maze design on my original coin.
On the other side, I decided to pay homage to the Duke Ellington standard “Take the ‘A’ Train” that Phish covered 118 times between 1987 and 1994. Only 8 cover songs have been performed live more times by Phish, so the song holds its own in Phish lore. This side of the coin depicts a 1920s ‘A’ Train emerging from a tunnel as it pulls into Penn Station, which is a stop for patrons attending M.S.G. The subway is littered with symbolism relating to the band, the venue and shows themselves. The four lights on the front of the subway car contain the letters “J, E, M & P” in them. The dates for the 2011 New Years Run appear on the door, and I threw a couple of my favorite lot stickers onto the train, suggesting that it had been tagged by a phan. The sign at the top of the train reads “MSG” and the words “NYC” & “NYE” appear in the oval lights on the ‘A’ Train.
The 2011 NYE Coin has an antique silver finish, is 1.75″ in diameter, 4 millimeters thick, has reeded edges, and was be minted in a run of 300 sequentially numbered coins.
The 2011 NYE Coin is $20 in person or priced as follows shipped.
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