Pageton, WV Page Coal & Coke Co. 1 Exploder Coal "Scrip" - Very Fine or Better KM.51 Known countermark on edge

Known countermark on edge

That resulted in this particular note's face seeing just part of its back printed and two separate plate impressions being transferred to the face

Common to the issue the cut is sloppy

600 notes for the 1928 Series $500

Pageton, WV Page Coal & Coke Co. 1 Exploder Coal "Scrip" - Very Fine or Better KM.51 Known countermark on edgeObverse: PAGE COAL & COKE CO. 1 EXPLODER PAGETON, WV (Cutout E) Reverse: Blank Explosive control tokens have long been collected along with coal mine company store scrip. However, they are not actually scrip. They were issued for a specific purpose and could not be used to purchase general merchandise at coal mine company stores. Rather, they played an important and practical role in the issuance of explosives. The system was very simple. When a miner