This site is the location to find information on collecting & trading the New York City MTA METROCARD.  The site focuses on the various Metrocards that have been released since 1993.

Below is a list identifying the different Metrocards used by the MTA & subway commuters from the beginning through to the present date. You can also click on any underlined Metrocard listing to see a photo of the card & additional information. [NOTE: This list is currently being developed and is not yet complete so please withhold any comments until this Note is removed.] 

METROCARD

1993 & before:

TEST Metrocard;

1994:

1st Inaugural Limited Edition Set [4 card set];

1 - Grand Central Terminal

2 - NYC Skyline

3 - World Trade Center

4 - Times Square

2nd Limited Edition Set [2 card set];

1 - Statue of Liberty

2 - United Nations

3rd Limited Edition Set [4 card set];

1 - World Trade Center

2 - Guggenheim Museum

3 - Empire State Building

4 - Chrysler Building

James Rizzi

New York Rangers [5 card set];

1 - Mark Messier

2 - Brian Leetch

3 - Mark Messier with Cup

4 - Rangers Team

5 - New York Rangers Stanley Cup

1995:

Anita Baker

Ringling Brothers Set [4 card set];
1 - 125th Anniversary
2 - Clowns Larible Chicago Kidz
3 - Gebel Williams with Bengal Tiger
4 - Tina Williams on Elephant

Smoky Joe's Cafe

New York Times

New York Landmarks Set [6 card set];
1 - Snug Harbour
2 - Claes Oldenburg
3 - Brooklyn Bridge
4 - Queens Unisphere
5 - Radio City Music Hall
6 - Bronx Zoo

1996:

NYC FUNPASS [White version]
NY96 FUNPASS [Blue version]

VH-1

Madison Square Garden

1997:

METS First Subway Series - Green Baseball Field
METS First Subway Series - Blue background
METS First Subway Series - Mets & Yankees logos

Jackie Robinson - Expires 1998 - No logo
Jackie Robinson - Expires 1999 - Logo

Then & Now - Expires 1998
Then & Now - Expires 1999

Sin City - Micheal J. Fox / ABC

TransiChek

1998:

NY 98 Goodwill Games - Summer is coming
NY 98 Goodwill Games - Be part of the experience

Emigrant Savings Bank set [8 card set];
1 - German Immigrants - 1900
2 - Jewish Immigrants - 1900
3 - Irish Immigrants - 1910
4 - Women from Guadeloupe - 1910
5 - Italian Immigrants - 1920
6 - Chinese Immigrants - 1925
7 - Puerto Rican League - 1934
8 - School Children - 1997

JVC Jazz - Jazz in Motion
JVC Jazz - Great Moments in New York Jazz

Hospital Set;
1 - Beth Isreal
2 - St. Luke's Roosevelt

New York University;
1 - Small Banner
2 - Large Banner
 
Healthy City Set;
1 - Medical Milestones
2 - NY Embattled
3 - Care Close By
4 - Live Longer
EXTRA - John Holloman, M.D.

Continental Airline;
1 - Work Hard
2 - Selling Tickets
3 - Our Priorities
4 - Run an Airline

Starrett at Spring Creek; 
1 - English version
2 - Spanish version

Sprint;
1 - Free Rides
2 - Free Long Distance
3 - Free Rides - Chinese
4 - Caller ID

Calvin Klien
Fox News Ch. 46
Gang Starr
Dial-a-Mattress
Virgin Megastore
Jazz Festival
Dharma & Greg
Banana Republic
U. S. Open
MTA - Apple
Gristedes & Sloans Supermarkets

1999:  

ABC News;
1 - Kofi Break
2 - Fidal Castro
3 - Free for Lunch
 
The New York Yankees;
1 - 1999 Schedules
2 - Home and Away
3 - 125 Wins
4 - 1998 World Series Highlights
 
1999 Continental Airlines;
1 - We Are Early
2 - Our Competitors
3 - World Wide Web
4 - Clean Planes
5 - Window Seats
 
PT-1;
1 - Lady - 1
2 - Lady - 2
3 - Lady - 3
4 - Man
 
1999 US Open Tennis;
1 - MacEnroe
2 - Motorcycle
3 - Gibson
4 - Venus Williams
 
New York Mets Nights;
1 - Italian Night
2 - African Night
3 - Jewish Night
4 - Asian Night
5 - Hispanic Night
6 - Irish Night
 
Subway Cools Six Cards Series;
1 - Like Stations?
2 - Like Kiosks?
3 - Like Wheels?
4 - Like Tracks?
5 - Like Energy?
6 - Like Parts?
 
Millennial Journeys without Logo;
1 - 11th Century
2 - 12th Century
3 - 13th Century
4 - 14th Century
5 - 15th Century
6 - 16th Century
7 - 17th Century
8 - 18th Century
9 - 19th Century
10 - 20th Century
 
Millennial Journeys with Logo;
1 - 11th Century
2 - 12th Century
3 - 13th Century
4 - 14th Century
5 - 15th Century
6 - 16th Century
7 - 17th Century
8 - 18th Century
9 - 19th Century
10 - 20th Century

Conseco Insurance;
1 - Do you have enough insurance?
2 - May we suggest another?
3 - Retirement Fund

Snapple;
1 - lookforthesign 6 Bottles
2 - Snapple
3 - Snapple lookforthesign

American Express Upside Down
Ferry Boat
MetroGuide
Teaching in NY
French Connection
Manhattan Mini Storage
Waby
Blaze
EAB
Liza Lou
Citibank
Metrocard Online
Altoids
Broadway  

2000: 

Kenneth Cole;
1 - Single Man
2 - Couple
 
Continental Airlines 2000;
1 - We Got World
2 - BusinessFirst

SmartRay.com;
1 - SmartRay.com - Backstreet Boys
2 - SmartRay.com - Sports Headlines

Net2Phone;
1 - Net2Phone - 800-393-8795
2 - Net2Phone - 800-393-9670
3 - Net2Phone - 800-393-9162

2000 Subway Series;
1 - Rey Ordonez
2 - Armando Benitez
3 - Mike Hampton
4 - Mike Piazza

New York Philharmonic;
1 - Countrywide Schedule
2 - Manhattan Schedule

2000 US Open;
1 - Lindsay Davenport
2 - Martina Hingis
3 - Patrick Rafter
4 - Michael Chang

2000 Emmigrant Savings Bank;
1 - Don Avon's Greek Dance Group 1935
2 - Jewish Passover Seder 1936
3 - Playing Bocce 1937
4 - Chinese Girls at NY Grace Faith Church 1937
5 - Polish Girl at Polaski Day 1939
6 - James A Hayden 1940
7 - West Indian Day Parade 1954
8 - Puerto Rican Day Parade 1963
9 - Young Women from Hyderabad 1966
10 - Dominican Dancers 2000

New York Cancer Project;
1 - English
2 - Chinese

NFL - New York Jets/Giants;
1 - Wayne Chrebet
2 - Kevin Mawae
3 - Jason Sehorn
4 - Michael Strahan

Channel 2 News - The Early Show
Kozmo.com
Urban Fetch.com
EAB - Range
Earth Day 2000
Teach New York
International 2000
Lincoln Center Festival 2000 - Mostly Mozart
Circle Line
DLJ Direct
Ricochet

2001:

2001 NL Champions - NY Mets;
1 - Shea Stadium
2 - The Number 7 Train

2001 US Open Tennis;
1 - Card 1
2 - Card 2
3 - Card 3
4 - Card 4

Paint the Town Red
Aida - A musical love story 

2002:

Zagat Survey;
1 - Gramercy Tavern
2 - Balthazar
3 - River Cafe
4 - Babbo
 
Paint the Town Red, White and Blue (Citysearch)
Paint the Town Red, White and Blue (NYC & Company)
Lincoln Center Festival 2002 - Mostly Mozart
Why Run for the Train
Please, No Running in Station

2003:

42nd Street - The Musical

MTA Safety;
   Hold on to Your Youth...

2004:

METS - Mastercard Grand Slam Ticket Pack;
1 - Mike Piazza
2 - AL Leiter
3 - Reyes
4 - Floyd

Esprit - Women's & men's clothing for your life style

Target - Heads up! There's a new Target store upstairs.

Calvin Klein - Available at Bloomingdale's 59th street

Calvin Klein - Available at MACY's

DKNY Donna Karan New York - Uptown Downtown

Mastercard presents Subway Style

CHASE Home Equity

AIRTRAIN JFK - Celebrate Airtrain JFK

AIRTRAIN JFK - Make The JFK Connection

2005:

The New York Subway - Century of Progress in Motion;
1 - City Hall Station, 1904 - 3.5 Million Issue
2 - Centennial Logo - May 2.5 Million Issue  
3 - 72nd Street, 1904 - May 2.5 Million Issue 
4 - Excavation on 42nd Street, 1902 - July 4.5 Million Issue 
5E - Bronx Service Expansion, 1918 - August 3.75 Million Issue (English)
5S - Bronx Service Expansion, 1918 - August 3.75 Million Issue (Spanish)
6E - Brooklyn Service Expansion, 1916 September 3.75 Million Issue (English)
6S - Brooklyn Service Expansion, 1916 September 3.75 Million Issue (Spanish)
7E - Queens Service Expansion, 1915 October 2.5 Million Issue (English) 
7S - Queens Service Expansion, 1915 October 2.5 Million Issue (Spanish)
8E - World’s Fair Service, 1964 November 2.5 Million Issue (English)
8S - World’s Fair Service, 1964 November 2.5 Million Issue (Spanish)
9E - Ridership Peaks, 1947 Available December 2.5 Million Issue (English)
9S - Ridership Peaks, 1947 Available December 2.5 Million Issue (Spanish)
10E - 125th Street Viaduct, 1904 January 2005 2.5 Million Issue (English) 
10S - 125th Street Viaduct, 1904 January 2005 2.5 Million Issue (Spanish)
11E - Granville T. Woods, Inventor February 2005 2.5 Million Issue (English)
11S - Granville T. Woods, Inventor February 2005 2.5 Million Issue (Spanish)
12E - General William Barclay Parsons, Chief Engineer March 2005 2.5 Million Issue (English)
12S - General William Barclay Parsons, Chief Engineer March 2005 2.5 Million Issue (Spanish)

CFDA;
1 - Matt Murphy
2 - Simon Alcantara
3 - Colette Malouf
4 - Kenneth Cole
5 - Lambertson / Truex
6 - Gerard Yosca
7 -
8 -

New York City Motorbuses - For 100 Years;
1 - 1905 Fifth Avenue Coach
2 - 1953 State Legislature establishes New York City transit
3 - 1962 MaBSTOA
4 - 1978 Clarissa Dunham; First Female Bus Driver
5 - First Air Conditioned Bus
6 - Low Floor Hybrid Bus

Happy Holiday's - Holiday Unlimited Metrocard

2006:

METS - The Team, The Time - Take The Train To The Game.

VMA Video Music Awards 2006

2007:

METS - Your season has come - Take The Train To The Game. 

DKNY - Delicious Night

CHASE - Commuter cash - Get $10 from CHASE

OEM [Office of Emergency Management] - Being ready for an emergency

TRIP PLANNER - your personal guide to Bus and Subway travel.

A Train celebrates 75 years of service:
1 - 1938 IND station guide [Map]
2 - Innovation for it's day, the IND subway car

AIRTRAIN JFK - Connect To The World

2008:

GOING YOUR WAY --- GREENER;
1 - Tranist Riders Save The Earth!
2 - Public transportation cuts fuel consumption by 1.4 billion gallons every day.
3 - Your carbon footprint is about 1/4 of the national average!
    We're happy to have done our part.
4 - Every full rail car keeps 75 to 125 cars off the road.
5 - Every full bus keeps 40 cars off the road.

HIV STOPS WITH ME.ORG 

NFL DRAFT - Believe In Now

Direct Deposit - Ask your employer.

BX12 + Select Bus Service

METS - Take The Train To The Game set;
1 - For the last Great Moments at Shea - Inside Shea
2 - For the last Great Moments at Shea - Outside Shea

METS - Take The Train To The Game   

2 baseball teams. 1 city. let the battle begin for NY'S #1 FAN

NFL KICKOFF - EA SPORTS

Radio City Christmas Spectacular

JFK 60 Years

AirTrain JFK 5th anniversary

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge

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