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| Uitgever | Island Creek Stores Company |
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| Jaar | 1915 |
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| Samenstelling | Paper (Blue-grey) |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | MERCHANDISE STORES ISLAND CREEK STORES CO. Good for Merchandise at Face Value Book No. NOT TRANSFERABLE - VOID IF DETACHED 50 CENTS |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Unprinted reverse in plain cream paper; the obverse letterpress impression is visible as a faint mirror-image show-through across the full surface, confirming single-sided printing. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Island Creek Stores Company operated as a company store serving coal miners in Logan County, West Virginia — the kind of captive retail system where workers were paid partly in scrip redeemable only at the company's own store, effectively keeping wages circulating back to the employer. This 50-cent piece is a product of that arrangement. The narrow strip format is characteristic of the low-denomination scrip used throughout the Appalachian coalfields during the early twentieth century, where cheap production mattered and forgery was not a serious concern — who else would accept it?