Commemorative Coins and Six Co. Scrip

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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

Boulder City Company Store Six Co.'s scrip

Boulder City Company Store Six Co.'s scrip

Name/Title

Commemorative Coins and Six Co. Scrip

Entry/Object ID

MS.193

Scope and Content

Commemorative Coins and Six Co. Scrip This collection contains objects compiled from numerous donations. During the 1930s construction of Hoover Dam, Six Companies, Inc., paid workers partly with metal token scrip as paycheck advances. This currency was redeemable only at the official Boulder City Company Store, tightly controlling worker spending in the isolated Federal reservation before scrip wages were made illegal in 1938 under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Issuing scrip ensured workers spent their earnings directly within company-run operations. Also included are various commemorative coins acknowledging anniversaries of Hoover Dam completion in 1935.

Collection

Manuscript Collections

Cataloged By

Jennifer Smith

Category

Primary Level

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS-193 Primary Collection container list Commemorative Coins and Six Co. Scrip 006.070a-b 2 cards of “U.S. Minted Quarter Dollar – Nevada – Number 36 of 50” 001.77 Hoover Dam commemorative coin to “Commemorate the starting of the $165,000,000.00 Boulder Canyon Project 1931” No # 2 Hoover Dam commemorative coins to “Commemorate the starting of the $165,000,000.00 Boulder Canyon Project 1931” No # 8 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents No # 2 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – $1.00 993.49.1 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 25 cents 005.084.2 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 25 cents 993.49.3 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 993.23.5 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – $1.00 993.49.2 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 50 cents 004.143.2 Commemorative coin – “Boulder City Chamber of Commerce Boulder Barter Buck 1978” 996.41 Commemorative coin – “Boulder City Chamber of Commerce Boulder Barter Buck 1978” No # 6 Commemorative coins – “Boulder City Chamber of Commerce Boulder Barter Buck 1978” 004.120 Commemorative coin – “1874-1967 Herbert Hoover” No # 6 Commemorative coins – “Hoover Dam Golden Anniversary 1935-1985” 993.23.5 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 005.084.1 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 5 cents 002.054.3 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – $1.00 002.10.1 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 002.10.3 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 002.10.4 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 992.23.1 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 1 cent 992.23.3 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 5 cents 005.090.1 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 5 cents 993.23.4 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 993.23.6 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 993.23.2 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 1 cent 002.10.2 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 10 cents 004.144.3a-b Commemorative coin – “Hoover Dam 60th 1935-1995”’ 003.090.2 Boulder City Company Store Six Co.’s scrip – 5 cents 003.163 Commemorative coin – “Boulder City Chamber of Commerce Boulder Barter Buck 1978” 004.175.6 Hoover Dam commemorative coin to “Commemorate the starting of the $165,000,000.00 Boulder Canyon Project 1931” 996.41.72 Commemorative coin – “Boulder City Chamber of Commerce Boulder Barter Buck 1978” 992.2a Antique mid-19th century leather-bound case housing an ambrotype (subject unknown) 005.090.2 Privately issued merchant trade token – 5 cents No # Soviet-era collectible medal marking completion and first power generation of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt in January 1968. Depicts the Symbol of Arab-Soviet Friendship; in green box. 006.047 Vintage, railroad-grade, open-face pocket watch, with classic white "Montgomery dial”

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Research Room, Rolling Rack 4

Date

September 21, 2026

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

August 21, 2026

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 21, 2026