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I'm liberating this one from the evil empire. The original poster recently saw this one at Nagoya, evidently one of the few-ish remaining ones in service. Their post title was:

Orange backlit LCD, check! Phone card slot, check! Japan in 1982 was the future! (An endangered species spotted at Nagoya station)

More examples & angles:
https://www.google.com/search?q=classic+green+NTT+public+payphone+from+Japan&udm=2

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[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh yeah, look at that. I hadn't even paid attention to that (major) detail. :S

I've seen specialised charge cards used in a number of cities in my country for various things, some niche, some very public, but didn't know that such was the case with payphones.

I imagine that such a card used for a TARDIS would be rather pricey. :P

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