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1 Cent - Fazio's Shopping Bag
| Issuer | Fazio's Shopping Bag |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | FAZIO'S 1¢ FOOD COUPON CREDIT 1¢ ONE CENT Redeemable only in any U.S.D.A. licensed FAZIO'S SHOPPING BAG NOT REDEEMABLE FOR CASH REDEEMABLE ONLY IN FOOD PRODUCTS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM |
| Reverse description | Uniface; reverse is entirely blank on light green paper with a faint text underprint, with no printed design or lettering. |
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Fazio's Shopping Bag was a regional grocery chain based in the Cleveland, Ohio area, active primarily through the 1960s and 1970s. Like a number of American retailers during that period, it issued its own paper scrip — low-denomination tokens of credit intended to reduce reliance on coin change and encourage return visits. This 1 Cent piece is among the smallest denominations such programs typically bothered to produce, suggesting either a particularly meticulous accounting policy or a promotional push to retain fractional change rather than round up.
Collector interest in American merchant scrip of this type remains niche but steady.