Lee-Rodgers

20mm, brass

Mike writes: This token is in the Coal Company Edkins Scrip book, page two. It is listed as the company store for Stith Coal Company. Town listed as America, Alabama. Listing would read-such as- Alabama town number 79 series number E (denotes reverse type) denomination 5 variety a (for brass). Therfore AlA 79E5a.
Lee-Rodgers Merchantile Company was the company store for Stith Coal Company in Alabama. Your token was used in America (Walker County), AL (There was also a store at Aldrich in Shelby County, AL). Your token is listed in EDKINS CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES COAL COMPANY STORE SCRIP, SECOND EDITION, VOLUME 1, as # AL79E5a, with a rarity of R-5 (75-99 pieces believed to exist).

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