VINTAGE CLEAN EAGLE COAL COMPANY MINING SCRIP TOKEN MALLORY WEST VIRGINIA RARE

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VINTAGE CLEAN EAGLE COAL COMPANY MINING SCRIP TOKEN MALLORY WEST VIRGINIA RARE :
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Until the late 1950’s, when changes in federal and state laws, along with changing economic realities doomed the practice, many companies issued tokens, or scrip, for use by their employees in company run stores.....

This was especially widespread in the coal fields of Appalachia, where many miners also lived in company owned towns, In these company towns, or “coal camps,” the only store in town was usually owned or run on behalf of the coal company.....

In theory, scrip was an advance against unearned wages and usable only by the employee to whom it was issued, In practice, many miners were never able to fully retire their debt to the company store and scrip became the unofficial currency of the community, even being placed in the collection plates of some coal town churches......

The scrip we have here wereused byminers who were employed by the Clean EagleCoal Company of Mallory,West Virginia, back in the early days.....

Both of the scrip pictured are included......

These are both in very nice shape, please have a look at the pictures to judge the condition......

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