Logan Bakery Store Token

Coin

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West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Name/Title

Logan Bakery Store Token

Entry/Object ID

KK.0161

Description

Logan Bakery merchant token Logan (Logan County) 3600, L10-1

Context

a 1914 directory lists this bakery/confectionery

Collection

Company Scrip + Tokens

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Kenny King

Mintage

Manufacture Method

Struck

Notes

unknown mintage

Coin Details

Obverse

Transcription

GOOD FOR / ONE / LOAF BREAD

Reverse

Transcription

THE / LOGAN / BAKERY

Currency

Merchant Token

Denomination

One loaf of bread, exchange

Dimensions

Diameter

25 mm

Accessories

Accessory

Shelf

Notes

coin encased in capsule

Composition

Material

Brass

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Exhibition, encased

Category

Exhibit

Notes

plexi on wall case secured with wax only

Valuations

Valuation Type

David E. Schenkman Merchant Token Value Scale

Formal Appraisal

B

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Archaeological Find

Notes

Found at lower Rex on the side of the hill above a row of houses. Lower Rex is just above Fort Branch.

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Life in the Coal Camps

Notes

exhibited in case with Lundale Dairy quart bottle KK.0032

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

Company scrip coin for loaf of bread, Logan Bakery Quart milk bottle, Lundale Dairy collection of Kenneth King