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1 Cent - Hyde Park Market Pueblo, Colorado
| Issuer | Hyde Park Market, Pueblo, Colorado |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Tan paper stock printed in black letterpress, divided into a grid border with denomination numeral '1¢' repeated in each corner. Central field contains a designated area for the store stamp, here applied in violet ink with the retailer's name, address, and a circular monogram device. Title and redemption clauses are set in bold uppercase type across the top and bottom panels. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1₵ 1₵ CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT - REDEEMABLE FOR AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE ONLY AT INDICATED STORE Food Stamp Program CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT Food Stamp Program CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT #48870-0 HYDE PARK MARKET 2200 W. 13TH PUEBLO, COLO. Store Stamp GOOD FOR 1₵ IN AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE UNDER U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ONLY 1₵ 1₵ |
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Hyde Park Market was one of numerous small retailers across the American West that issued fractional paper scrip during the early twentieth century, when coin shortages and the practical difficulties of making change for small transactions pushed local businesses toward private solutions. Colorado saw a fair number of these issues, most of them short-lived and printed in tiny quantities.
Merchant scrip of this type was rarely saved. It circulated hard, was redeemed quickly, and had no obvious reason to survive — which is precisely why intact examples from minor Colorado issuers are now genuinely difficult to locate.