Hey AT,
I've been squinting at that embossing on that beer & trying to decipher it. West Virginia Brewing Co., Huntington is my guess. Earliest one of those would be 1899.
<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=855339"/> "...Michael (Fesenmeier) became the brewmaster with Andrew as his assistant. John became plant manager and Michael studied at Anheuser-Busch, Dallas Brewing and the Globe Brewing Company prior to joining the Cumberland Brewery. In 1899, the brothers purchased the assets of the bankrupt American Brewing Company of Huntington, West Virginia. They reopened the plant as the West Virginia Brewing Company. The original brewery plant was completely rebuilt after a fire in 1905, and prospered until Statewide Prohibition in 1914. The brothers converted the plant to an ice house and cold storage facility."
Huntington Beer, History of Fesenmeier Brewing Company, History of Little Switzerland Brewing Company - West Virginia Breweries
I already commented elsewhere on the Carter's. That extract looks machine made., so a tad more recent. Glass wise, you're right on the cusp of the Twentieth Century, maybe a little this side.
Glass photographs better, in most cases, in natural light, in my experience.
Is there no discernible date on that cent?
West Virginia Special
...I wasnt guessing
