By: Xavier Pique

Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Co. Mine- Washington State

Cranberry Fuel Co, WV

Eccles Mine, Raleigh County WV

W.M. Ritter Frying Pan Mobile Logging Camp 1927

Raleigh County, WV

Darr Coal Mine disaster near Van Meter, PA - 1907

SCRIP- Also Known as…

Trade TokensFlickers Clackers Checks P'lolly

Light-Weights Chinky Tin

Dingles Stickers Dugaloo

SCRIP=UNOFFICIAL MONEYUsed since ancient times

Pay Armies Pay workers in isolated settings

MinesLumber CampsSugar PlantationsColonies

Issued when official currency is in short supply

SCRIP Defined as:

• Any substitute for currency

• Not legal tender

• Often a form of credit

• Redeemable for Merchandise

• Paper (Bill-like)

• Metallic or Fiber Tokens

TOKEN MATERIALS • Copper

• Brass

• White Metal

• Aluminum

• Bimetallic

• Fiber (Cardboard or Similar)

•Many with cutout

Coal Mining and Lumber Companies

• Paid Workers with scrip• Charged Rent- Company Housing

• Co. Owned Tools• Owned Company Store• Provided all Services

• Workers were in debt to Company• Unions NOT welcome

• Way of Controlling Worker’s Lives

Knapp, Stout Lumber Company Store- Prairie Farm, Wis. 1870’s

Washington Coal and Coke CompanyStar Junction, PA- Company Town. 400 Houses. 700 Employees as of 1897

Vestaburg, PA Coal Company Town

Isabella, PA

The interior of the Mabscott Coal & Coke Company Store. Shown Ollie W Dixon, manager (left behind counter); H. Gill, butcher (on right behind

counter); and an unidentified customer. Picture taken in 1920's

Washington Coal Co. Pay stub, circa 189579 Wagons at 5 tons (total=395 tons) loaded in 15 days,

40 cents per wagon, 30 tons/day

BRANCH COAL& COKE SCRIP, W.VA.,$.50 ,25,.10 & .05

COAL RUN COAL CO. SCRIP, CUNARD, WV. ,$ .10 & .01

1 Cent BORDERLAND COLLIERIES CO. Mingo, WV

1 Cent Millburn By-Products Coal Company-Millburn, West Virginia. Fayette County. Edkins 1907--C1--Rarity--8--Good condition.

1 Cent Aluminum ScripCarter Coal Co, Coalwood, W. Va

1 Cent SNAP CREEK COAL CO SCRIP MINE TOKEN LOGAN COUNTY, WV

Coal Scrip 1 Cent Wells Elkhorn Coal Co. Estill-KY Floyd County

10 Cent, $1.00 Metal Scrip, Virginia Jellico Coal Co., Jellico, TN

Olga Coal, Coalwood, WV1949

$1.00 Olga Coal Co, Coalwood, W. Va 1943 Olga Coal Scatter Tags

Olga $5.00 Olga Coal Co, Coalwood, W. Va 1943Reverse Unknown

Lumber Scrip 1 Cent Champion Paper-Hamilton-OH-Butler Co.

…Trantow 1190

LOGAN County COAL CORP. 25 and 10 Cent MINE SCRIP, LUNDALE, WV 1946

COAL SCRIP FROM THE MARY MARTHA COAL MINING CO. AT SPRIGG, W VA

$1.00 Consolidation Coal Co, Coalwood, W. Va“Payable in cash on paydays when due to employee to whom issued” “Ingle-Schierloh Co, Dayton, O”

“In MDSE. Only * Not Transferable”

1 Cent Consolidation Coal Co., Coalwood, WV

The Black Mountain Corp, Kenvir, Ky50 Cent

The Consolidated Timber Co. of Glenwood was formed in 1939 and tokens were ordered in 1941.

Consolidated Timber Co, Glenwood, OR

10 Cent White Metal 1940sTrantow lists the piece as R-5 (75-99), Hemphill as R-4 (11-20). The piece is struck in white metal, 21 mm

BLOCK COAL & COKE CORP, BLOCK, TENN

J.P. Medernach's Saloon, in business in 1901 in Pendleton, Oregon5 Cent White Metal

O. (Otto) A. Giles, The Club in Freewater, Oregon. Ten cent token, aluminum, octagon, 27 mm. R-4 (11-20) in Hemphill.

ROLOFF & CARROLL, BILLINGS, MONTANA 12-1/2 CENT

Snow Peak Logging Co., Lacomb, OR 5 Cent

Hemphill's Oregon Trade Tokens lists it as R-2 (Common, 35-50) while Trantow's lumber company catalog lists it as R7 (25-49).

$1.00 Elongated- East Tennessee Coal Co.

Coal Scrip 10 CENT Darb Fork Coal, Tauber, KY

(Lovilia, Iowa) - The Rex Supply Company

East Corinth, Me. - Northern Maine Packing Co. / Good For 4¢ at the Office Aluminum

Jewell Ridge Coal Corp, Jewell Ridge, VA

1, 2, and 5 Cent Tokens

Monaghan Mill Store, Greenville, SC 5 Cents

ENTERPRISE MILL, AUGUSTA, GA 5 CENT ALUMINUM

J.A. OWENS & SON JECCO, AL 5 CENT

Alabama- Bakers Creek Coal Mine, DriftonBimetallic Token

Gibraltar Coal Mining Co., Brownie, KY

Southwestern Mercantile Co. Dawson,New MexicoReverse Design and Denomination Unknown

       50 Cent Scrip.  Yankee Mercantile Co., Yankee, NM

Liberty Trading Co, Madera, PA$1 and $5 Token- Signed by W.P. Cornely, Treasurer

Madera Trading Co, Madera, PA$10 Token- Signed by W.P. Cornely, Treasurer

Madera Trading Co, Madera, PA$1 Token- Signed by W.P. Cornely, Treasurer

F.K. Lowe’s Meat Market, Monongahela, W.Va

Rare Copper Bimetallic Token F.K. Lowe’s Meat Market, Monongehela, W. Va

J.W. Wolford & Sons, Linton, Ind. 1895

5 cents and $1.00

Clark Coal Co., Wilsonburg, W. Va

Oregon American Lumber Co. 50 Cent Bimetallic. 1920’sObverse: GOOD IN MERCHANDISE / FOR FIFTY CENTS / 50 / AR BEECHER (signature) / GENERAL AUDITOR / FOR / OREGON-AMERICAN / LUMBER COMPANY.

Reverse: ISSUED AT EMPLOYEE'SREQUEST / ON ACCOUNT OF WAGES / O-A / L Co / TO BECOME DUE IN / FUTURE - NOT TRANSFERABLE.

TOKEN MANUFACTURERS

•ORCO- Orson Register Co, Cincinnati, OH

• Ingle-Schierloh, Dayton, OH

Howell & Co, Hyde Park, PA 10 Cents - 1862

Walker Iron & Coal, Rising Fawn, GA 25 Cents 1863

Indiana Iron Works 5 Cents 1856

Ohio & Kentucky Coal, Iron & RR Co. 25 Cents 1874

Quincy Mining Co., Hancock, Michigan $25 1869

H.C. Frick & Co., Valley Mines, PAPaper Scrip- Punchable

Mc Neal Coal Co., Yatesville Colliery, PA $2 1860’s

Knapp, Stout- Wisconsin $5 Scrip – 1870’s-Good for Merchandise at Prairie Farms Store Only

Haileyville Indian Territory- Hailey Coal & Mining Co. Oklahoma -10 Cents 1900’s

Edkins Catalogue of U.S. Coal Company Scrip- 3 VolsPublished by National Scrip Collectors Assoc.

USE OF COMPANY STORE SCRIP

• Stopped after World War II

• By 1960, all wages paid in legal tender

• Most old coal mines and mills closed

• Most tokens buried, discarded or melted

COLLECTING COMPANY STORE SCRIP

• For many types-only a few remain (Rarity Scale)

• National Scrip Collectors Association (Tony Chibbaro) http://www.nationalscripcollectors.com

• World Bimetallic Collectors Club http://wbcc-online.com/tokens/us_tokens/uscoal.htm

•Inexpensive compared to U.S. Rare Coins

• Many Businesses still use Trade Tokens

1. World Bimetallic Collectors Clubhttp://wbcc-online.com/tokens/us_tokens/uscoal.htm

2. National Scrip Collectors Associationhttp://www.nationalscripcollectors.com/

5. Explosive Control Tokens - David Schenkman

4. Catalogue Of Lumber Company Store TokensSecond Edition - Terry Trantow

3. Edkins Catalogue of United States Coal Company ScripVolume 1, Third Edition- Scrip from 36 States not incl. W. VaVolume 2, Third Edition- W. Va Scrip Only

RESOURCES

6. Hemphill's Oregon Trade Tokens7. 20,000 Coal Company Stores- Gordon Dodrill

9. http://www.coinbooks.org/

8. Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)

10. http://www.coalcampusa.com

11. http://miningartifactsii.homestead.com/scriptokens.html

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