Why I Collect West Virginia Scrip
Feb 21, 2020
3 minutes
By Billy Campbell
(Image courtesy Heritage Auctions)
When I first started collecting coal scrip about 16 years ago I knew nothing about scrip. We were passing through Beckley, W.Va., on our way to the world famous Greenbrier Hotel. There was an attraction we wanted to visit, Beckley exposition coal mine. They had a ticket office to visit a coal mine and a store. I noticed a container in the store of what appeared to be coins, which I have a small collection of circulated U. S. coins, even has a token ad.
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