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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 3435877, member: 24633&quot;]I doubt that this was intended to be used as &quot;coal scrip&quot;. Store tokens like this were very common all over the US in the 19th &amp; 20th centuries. I believe this one is from Cincinnati, OH., but it does not specify a denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, my (immigrant) grandparents came to this country at the turn of the 20th century via passage paid by the &quot;company&quot;, 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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