Apparently the cost of driving a coal truck has gone up substantially. Or, people are just crazy about cool old license tags. This one below, a coal peddler tag from 1970-1971, just sold for $80 on eBay. To my knowledge this is the most paid for a license tag of this type.
(courtesy eBay)
There was a time when Durham ran on coal- it was used for heating well into the 20th century, as evidenced by the date on the tag. I'm sure that there are still many coal firing furnaces around the Bull City, who knows how many are in use. But poke around some sheds and you're liable to find the evidence in the form of a small pile of dirty black rocks that once were the biggest power source in the world.
For more info on coal in Durham, check out Open Durham.
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