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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Save More Food Center
| Issuer | Save More Food Center (Gary-Hobart) |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | Credit Slip for future de- livery of an equivalent value of eligible foods au- thorized by Food Stamp Program. NOT REDEEMABLE IN CASH Redeemable only at Save More Food Center Gary-Hobart |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with maze-pattern underprint, showing bleed-through of the obverse printing. A handwritten inscription appears at lower centre. No distinct reverse design elements are present. |
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Depression-era scrip from Save More Food Center, operating in the Gary-Hobart area of northwestern Indiana. Grocery scrip of this type circulated as fractional change substitute when coin shortages made small transactions awkward for retailers — the 1-cent denomination is about as low as scrip ever went, and issuers at that level were almost always single-location grocers rather than chains.
Gary's economic collapse after the steel industry contraction of the early 1930s was severe even by national standards. Local scrip filled gaps the banking system had abandoned entirely.