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QUERY: WHEATCROFT COAL MINING TOKEN
David Pickup submitted this question about a recent token acquisition.
-Editor
I bought a token recently inscribed
WHEATCROFT COAL MINING CO
MERCHANDISE
I have found out that Wheatcroft was mining town in Kentucky. Wright I think were the makers from Cincinnati Ohio? Any ideas about when this was made or what it was for? Does the 100 mean one hundred cents?
Dave Schenkman is the go-to guy for information on coal tokens, so I asked for his thoughts.
-Editor
David Schenkman writes: It is a rare token. The Wheatcroft Coal & Mining Company operated in Wheatcroft, KY, and also at Toga, KY. The company evidently went out of business circa 1908. I don’t find them listed in my 1897 mining directory, so they were only in business for a few years. Wright & Son was a major manufacturer of coal mine and merchant tokens. The description indicates that it was struck with one of Wright’s “stock” reverse dies. The denomination is 100 cents. Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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