Some labor-intensive companies ran company stores for their employees. The stores did not use cash but used script or tokens to control the finances. "I owe my soul to the company store" - Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons."

Copper-nickel, 17 mm, 2.13 gm
Obverse:
Number "1"
CARTER COAL CO. INC.
COALWOOD, W.VA.
Reverse:
PAYABLE IN MERCHANDISE ONLY * NOT TRANSFERABLE
1 ORCO
PATENTED
THE OSBORNE REGISTER CO.
CIN. O. U.S.A. (Cincinati, Ohio)

Coalwood is located in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Copper-nickel, 17 mm, 2.00 gm
Obverse:
COVEL MINE
GULF SMOKELESS COAL CO.
Reverse:
Number "1"
MASTER METAL SCRIPT
IN TRADE
INGLE-SCHIERLOH CO.
DAYTON, O.
75656

The Covel Mine Gulf Smokeless Coal Company was located in Wyoming County, West Virginia.

Brass, 21 mm, 3.84 gm
Obverse:
LOUISIANA CENTRAL LUMBER CO.
CLARKS, LA.
GIVEN IN EXCHANGE FOR PRODUCE
1925
Reverse:
Large numeral '5'
GOOD FOR IN MERCHANDISE

Bronze, 17 mm, 2.57 gm
Obverse:
THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO.
CANTON OHIO
Punched with a 'T' shape.
Reverse:
THE OSBORNE REGISTER COMPANY, CIN. O.
IN TRADE
1 Orco PAT.PEND.

Manufactured for the Timken Roller Bearing Company by the Osborne Register Company.
The Osborne Register Company is now known as the Osborne Coinage Company.