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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Acme Click
| Issuer | The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co. |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | CLICK ACME GOOD FOR 1c ON THE PURCHASE OF FOOD ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD STAMP PLAN. Not Valid Without Official Store Stamp Treasurer THE FRED W. ALBRECHT GROCERY CO. 1c 1c |
| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse printed as a mirror-image show-through of the obverse letterpress impression, with no independent design elements; the ornate guilloche border, central text block, and facsimile signature are visible in reverse through the thin stock. |
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The Fred W. Albrecht Grocery Co. operated a chain of Acme stores in the Akron, Ohio area, and like many regional grocers during the Depression and early postwar decades, issued fractional scrip to handle change when customers' food stamp allotments didn't divide evenly against purchase totals. Federal food stamp redemption created a chronic small-change problem — stamps came in fixed denominations, groceries rarely did — and scrip like this was the practical solution most retailers landed on.
James R. Berry's treasurer signature is the key dating anchor here, narrowing issuance to his tenure with the company.