Connie, The Coopers coin that you have was known as Coopers Script. Fate Cooper used it for his stores as an incentive for people to trade at his businesses. He had many, a grocery store, feed store, hardware, clothing, furniture, drug and also a funeral home. In other words, he owned a whole block, plus. I may have left out something, hard to remember it all, he had so many. I can still visualize it though. It has all been torn down now, I believe. The town has modernized a bit. Well, anyway after giving you all this info, I will tell you how the Script was earned and used. Everyone shopping at Cooper's business could save the store receipts and turn them into the office on second floor over the clothing store. They earned a percentage from the total of their receipts, for which they received the tokens called Cooper Script. I recall going up to second floor many times with my mother, for her to get her receipts added up and receive her script, which could be used as cash at any of the many Cooper businesses. Wilda Cecil Speck was the one that did this. She was also a cousin of my mother's and they would have a nice visit at the same time as she total up the receipts. Dorothy **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

The Historical Society has a 1924 Coopers catalog I found down there the other day. It is very interesting. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: <MCampb9940@aol.com> To: <tnscott@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Coopers in Oneida Tenn > Connie, > > The Coopers coin that you have was known as Coopers Script. Fate Cooper > used > it for his stores as an incentive for people to trade at his businesses. > He > had many, a grocery store, feed store, hardware, clothing, furniture, drug > and > also a funeral home. In other words, he owned a whole block, plus. I may > have > left out something, hard to remember it all, he had so many. I can still > visualize it though. It has all been torn down now, I believe. The town > has > modernized a bit. > > Well, anyway after giving you all this info, I will tell you how the > Script > was earned and used. Everyone shopping at Cooper's business could save the > store receipts and turn them into the office on second floor over the > clothing > store. > > They earned a percentage from the total of their receipts, for which they > received the tokens called Cooper Script. I recall going up to second > floor many > times with my mother, for her to get her receipts added up and receive her > script, which could be used as cash at any of the many Cooper businesses. > Wilda > Cecil Speck was the one that did this. She was also a cousin of my > mother's and > they would have a nice visit at the same time as she total up the > receipts. > > Dorothy > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > Scott County Mailing List > Rae Davis-Smith List Administrator > raedsmith@hotmail.com > > Scott County Message Board > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.scott/mb.ashx > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNSCOTT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1329 - Release Date: 3/14/2008 > 12:33 PM > >

Thank you Dorothy. This is very interesting. I have a Coopers Script myself but didn't know the history of it. I had never heard of script when I got mine. Thank you again Rae > From: MCampb9940@aol.com > Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:33:23 -0400 > To: tnscott@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNSCOTT] Coopers in Oneida Tenn > > Connie, > > The Coopers coin that you have was known as Coopers Script. Fate Cooper used > it for his stores as an incentive for people to trade at his businesses. He > had many, a grocery store, feed store, hardware, clothing, furniture, drug and > also a funeral home. In other words, he owned a whole block, plus. I may have > left out something, hard to remember it all, he had so many. I can still > visualize it though. It has all been torn down now, I believe. The town has > modernized a bit. > > Well, anyway after giving you all this info, I will tell you how the Script > was earned and used. Everyone shopping at Cooper's business could save the > store receipts and turn them into the office on second floor over the clothing > store. > > They earned a percentage from the total of their receipts, for which they > received the tokens called Cooper Script. I recall going up to second floor many > times with my mother, for her to get her receipts added up and receive her > script, which could be used as cash at any of the many Cooper businesses. Wilda > Cecil Speck was the one that did this. She was also a cousin of my mother's and > they would have a nice visit at the same time as she total up the receipts. > > Dorothy > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > Scott County Mailing List > Rae Davis-Smith List Administrator > raedsmith@hotmail.com > > Scott County Message Board > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.scott/mb.ashx > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNSCOTT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/