Danimal
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Third trime's a charm. And a cool coal scrip from the Iceberg.
I hunted briefly over the weekend with my son in a wooded area behind what was (then) a muster camp for the civil war and is (now) a camp for inner-city kids. Real frustrating hunting here as there is SOOOO much modern trash in the ground. The last two times there have produced a 1896 IH and an undated V nickle.
This time I had a target that just whispered silver (79-81 VDI on the DFX and pinpointed real funny-coin was on edge) but was difficult to decide to dig because as it turned out the coin wasn't laying flat and I just couldn't convince myself it was a good target. I left it after scraping away some surface detritus to attempt a better read and then later when walking past remembered that the IH wasn't more than 20 yds from that spot so I dug it and am glad I did. Turned out to be a 1853 silver "trime" or 3 cent piece. Too bad it's holed, but I'll take it. My oldest silver so far. Now I'm gonna HAVE to spend more time there (even though the place drives me nuts hunting and digging so much trash)
Also pictured is a Margarette Coal Co. 5 cent scrip. Scrip was issued in place of real coinage by the coal companies way back (and in some areas up into the 1950s) because of a lack of coinage. The scrip was useable for food and merchadise at company-owned stores. Apparently scrip is quite collectable and some folks are way into it. Spent some time searching this one and found a 1 cent version on Ebay and some references to the Margarette Coal Co. in Marfranch WV, but no examples of this one. Still a cool token. I found this one Saturday at the Iceberg while hunting with Bob and Nate.
HH all!
(and drink those fluids )
Trime
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Three coins from that area
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5 cent Margarette Coal Co. scrip
flipside of scrip token
I hunted briefly over the weekend with my son in a wooded area behind what was (then) a muster camp for the civil war and is (now) a camp for inner-city kids. Real frustrating hunting here as there is SOOOO much modern trash in the ground. The last two times there have produced a 1896 IH and an undated V nickle.
This time I had a target that just whispered silver (79-81 VDI on the DFX and pinpointed real funny-coin was on edge) but was difficult to decide to dig because as it turned out the coin wasn't laying flat and I just couldn't convince myself it was a good target. I left it after scraping away some surface detritus to attempt a better read and then later when walking past remembered that the IH wasn't more than 20 yds from that spot so I dug it and am glad I did. Turned out to be a 1853 silver "trime" or 3 cent piece. Too bad it's holed, but I'll take it. My oldest silver so far. Now I'm gonna HAVE to spend more time there (even though the place drives me nuts hunting and digging so much trash)
Also pictured is a Margarette Coal Co. 5 cent scrip. Scrip was issued in place of real coinage by the coal companies way back (and in some areas up into the 1950s) because of a lack of coinage. The scrip was useable for food and merchadise at company-owned stores. Apparently scrip is quite collectable and some folks are way into it. Spent some time searching this one and found a 1 cent version on Ebay and some references to the Margarette Coal Co. in Marfranch WV, but no examples of this one. Still a cool token. I found this one Saturday at the Iceberg while hunting with Bob and Nate.
HH all!
(and drink those fluids )
Trime
flipside
Three coins from that area
flip sides
5 cent Margarette Coal Co. scrip
flipside of scrip token
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