Lundale 1697 (Logan)
Logan County Coal Corporation
N5, cut-out "R"
Collection
Company Scrip + Tokens
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kenny King
Mintage
Mint
Osborne Register Company
Date made
1946
Manufacture Method
Struck
Coin Details
Obverse
Transcription
LOGAN COUNTY COAL CORPORATION / PAYABLE IN CASH ON PAY DAYS / 10 / WHEN DUE / TO / EMPLOYEE / TO WHOM ISSUED / LUNDALE, W. VA.
Reverse
Description
ORCO logo
Transcription
PAYABLE IN MERCHANDISE ONLY / NOT TRANSFERABLE
Issuing Authority
Osborne Register Company
Currency
Coal Company Scrip
Denomination
10 cents
Dimensions
Diameter
20 mm
Composition
Material
Brass
Location
Location
* Untyped Location
Exhibition, encased
Category
Exhibit
Valuations
Valuation Type
NSCA Scrip Rarity Scale
Formal Appraisal
R-1
Provenance
Notes
Gifted to Kenny from James Sexton of Stollings
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
