1 Cent - A.P. and C. CORP. (Trona, California) ND

Reverse

Value of token in trade between 5 point stars.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOOD FOR
* 1¢ *
IN TRADE

Edge

Plain

Comment

Trona is named after a mineral mined in the nearby dry lake bed. In the late 1800's, borax mining began around Searles Dry Lake. A couple of decades later in 1913, Trona was officially established as a company town. Employees who were housed in the town were paid in company scrip.