# Does this "Y-like" symbol mean anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-y-like-symbol-mean-anything/614854 "2012-03-05T20:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hauntedcollector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@hauntedcollector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauntedcollector)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-y-like-symbol-mean-anything/614854/1 "2012-03-05T20:39:51Z")
It’s probably just graffiti with no significant meaning but I thought I’d post to see if anyone saw anything significant other than a disjointed Y or bad drawing of a flux capacitor from Back to the Future. [![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) Also apologies it’s a terrible picture, it’s the best I could get :smack: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-y-like-symbol-mean-anything/614854/2 "2012-03-05T21:01:11Z")
Looks like the cutout in several of the old New York City Subway tokens: [http://www.nycsubway.org/tech/tokens/](http://www.nycsubway.org/tech/tokens/) ---
**Author:** ![hauntedcollector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@hauntedcollector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hauntedcollector)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-y-like-symbol-mean-anything/614854/3 "2012-03-05T21:06:10Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Looks like the cutout in several of the old New York City Subway tokens: > > [nycsubway.org](http://www.nycsubway.org/tech/tokens/) Thanks, that’s a great one!