Sprigg 2637 (Mingo)
Alma Fuel Company
E25, cut-out
Collection
Company Scrip + Tokens
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kenny King
Mintage
Mint
Osborne Register Company
Date made
1914 - 1930
Manufacture Method
Struck
Notes
circa 1920
Coin Details
Obverse
Transcription
ALMA FUEL COMPANY / 25 / SPRIGG, W. VA.
Reverse
Description
ORCO type 1 logo
Issuing Authority
Osborne Register Company
Currency
Coal Company Scrip
Denomination
25 cents
Dimensions
Diameter
24 mm
Composition
Material
Copper
Location
Location
* Untyped Location
Exhibition, encased
Category
Exhibit
Valuations
Valuation Type
NSCA Scrip Rarity Scale
Formal Appraisal
R-9
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
