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Scrip, the unclean coin
Whitby
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I have attached a pic of a coal scrip dollar from Bowyer WV. Bowyer was the first coal mining operation at Whitby WV. In fact, Bowyer was the town name until about 1927. I thought this would be OK as we had already discussed the idea of cleaned coins versus those coins which are better off not cleaned.
This dollar has been in a miners hands and it is not a very common piece. In fact, I think its under rated as a r9, r10 being the rarest.
This is a DIRTY coin. Thank God.
NOTE: the spelling of Bowyer on the coin is Boyer. This is the pronounciation of the word, but all maps and rail references list the spelling as Bowyer.
This dollar has been in a miners hands and it is not a very common piece. In fact, I think its under rated as a r9, r10 being the rarest.
This is a DIRTY coin. Thank God.
NOTE: the spelling of Bowyer on the coin is Boyer. This is the pronounciation of the word, but all maps and rail references list the spelling as Bowyer.
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