Pageton, WV Page Coal & Coke Co. 1 Exploder Coal "Scrip" - Very Fine or Better Fr. 1244 Natural fossil pendant - a

Natural fossil pendant - a great conversation piece and very much in style today

Ring is 1 3/4'' in Diameter

A Plate / 17062 Serial

O over O overmintmark

Pageton, WV Page Coal & Coke Co. 1 Exploder Coal "Scrip" - Very Fine or Better Fr. 1244 Natural fossil pendant - aObverse: PAGE COAL & COKE CO. 1 EXPLODER PAGETON, WV (Cutout E) Reverse: Blank Explosive control tokens have long been collected along with coal mine company store scrip. However, they are not actually scrip. They were issued for a specific purpose and could not be used to purchase general merchandise at coal mine company stores. Rather, they played an important and practical role in the issuance of explosives. The system was very simple. When a miner