I found this token earlier today I believe it to be some sort of coal script. Any insight would be appreciated regarding its origin.
I doubt that this was intended to be used as "coal scrip". Store tokens like this were very common all over the US in the 19th & 20th centuries. I believe this one is from Cincinnati, OH., but it does not specify a denomination. FWIW, my (immigrant) grandparents came to this country at the turn of the 20th century via passage paid by the "company", and my grandfather became a coalminer in southwestern Pennsylvania. They lived in company-owned housing, shopped at the company-owned store and were paid in paper scrip for his work after a portion was deducted to pay off their passage from Europe. He never received cash as his wages. Chris
This is just a wild guess, but maybe the company had this "error" made intentionally to foil counterfeiters. Chris
This is close. The google listing said Coal Script. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces121964.html.
The value is 1 Orca. It was made by the Osborne Co. It is probably coal script. Coal miners were paid in script or tokens such as this one.
