New Record Price for
a Single Piece of Scrip
Howard Fortune reports that he paid $3000 for a five cent piece from East Bernstadt. This one is from G.D. Brownlie & Co. and is called a "Merchandise Stamp." The hard-to-read text on the other side says "J.R.W. Dorman's Stencil & Stamp Works/BALTO. MD./5.
Like the Pittsburg Coal Co. dollar token, the East Bernstadt piece is from Laural County, KY.
$2,836.49 Paid for
Coal Scrip Dollar
A single piece of coal scrip was sold for $2,836.49 on December 18, 2022. Neal Burton was the highest bidder in an eBay auction for the Pittsburg Coal Co. token. The seller was O’Neal Collectibles; Cedartown, GA.
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Pittsburg Coal was in Pittsburg, KY in Laurel County. The one dollar token is unlisted in the Edkins catalogue but is listed in the online update on this site. A five cent piece with the same image is listed as an R-10.
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Pittsburg was home to at least seven other coal companies. Pittsburg Coal Co. operated from 1908 to 1910 and employeed 125 miners (Dodrill, 20,000 Coal Company Stores.)
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Edkins describes the token's image as "eight claws around a center star."
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