Abstract	The object is a company scrip for the Gibraltar Coal Mining Company.
Owner	Lexington Public Library
Producer	Gibraltar Coal Mining Company
Type of resource	still image
Genre	realia
Genre authority	marcgt
Date captured	2019-11-26
Language	eng
Width	1.48
Height	1.37
Subject topic	Company Scrips Authority: Local
Subject topic	Coal Mining Authority: Local
Subject topic	Mining Authority: Local
Subject topic	Coal Mines Authority: Local
Subject geographic	State: Kentucky County: Muhlenberg City: Brownie
Subject temporal	1930s
Date	According to Kentucky Coal Education (coaleducation.org), the Brownie Mine operated as part of the Gibraltar Coal Mining Company from 1915 to 1937 at Brownie, KY.
Biographical/historical	Company scrips were substitute currency paid by a company to its employees. It could be exchanged only at the company store.
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