© C. Hay (CC BY-NC-SA)
© C. Hay (CC BY-NC-SA)
1 Cent - Imperial Smokeless Coal Company ND
| Nickel | 10.2 g | 17.5 mm |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Period | Federal republic (1776-date) |
| Type | Trade tokens › Business tokens |
| Composition | Nickel |
| Weight | 10.2 g |
| Diameter | 17.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
| Shape | Round with cutouts |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#118720 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Text between lines around 1.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
INS CREDIT SYSTEM DAYTON, O.
1
PAT'd JUNE
19
IN TRADE
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Plain
Comment
Coal Mine Script from Quinwood, West Virginia (Greenbrier County). Years of operation were 1920 to 1946.The Imperial Smokeless Coal Company was incorporated in West Virgingia on June 5, 1919, by Quin Martin and Walter Seal Wood. It opened its first mine at Quinwood in 1920. Martin died in 1925, and Wood sold control of the company to the Vera Pocahontas Coal Company of Welch, W. Va., in 1940. They in turn sold the company to the Sprague interests in 1947. It was reincorporated in Delaware in 1963, sold to Westmoreland in 1969 and merged into Westmoreland as a division in 1971.
