Tony Christ Scrip, 5 cents

Coin

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West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Name/Title

Tony Christ Scrip, 5 cents

Entry/Object ID

KK.0278

Description

Tony Christ 5¢ Macneer C5-5

Context

Merchant Token for Tony Christ's store, Christ also operated a general store in Hadalton, WV.

Collection

Company Scrip + Tokens

Mintage

Mint

Osborne Register Company

Date made

1914 - 1930

Manufacture Method

Struck

Coin Details

Obverse

Transcription

Tony Christ / Not Transferable / 5 / Macneer, W. Va.

Reverse

Description

ORCO type 1 logo

Issuing Authority

Osborne Register Company

Currency

Coal Company Scrip

Denomination

5 cents

Dimensions

Diameter

20 mm

Composition

Material

Brass

Provenance

Provenance Detail

eBay Purchase

Role

Purchaser

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Exhibition

Life in the Coal Camps

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Company Scrip In most coal operations, miners were not paid in US dollars, but rather in company money, called scrip. Usually scrip was only redeemable at the company store, preventing miners from spending money outside the company town. Although illegal in the state of West Virginia, most coal companies continued to use scrip to pay their miners until the 1950s. collection of Kenneth King