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1 Cent - Pioneer New York, New York
| Issuer | Pioneer Supermarkets |
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| Value | 1 Cent |
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| Obverse description | White paper voucher printed in green and black, with an interlaced Celtic-knot guilloche border running the full perimeter. The legend NOT REDEEMABLE FOR CASH appears along the top edge within the border. The issuer name PIONEER and the text FOOD STAMP VOUCHER are printed in bold green letterpress at the upper centre, flanked by the numeral 1 at each corner. Two identical Super Pioneer logotype vignettes — a stylised letter P incorporating the word SUPER — are placed symmetrically to the left and right of centre. The denomination 1¢ is rendered in a large outline typeface at centre, with the series prefix IR below it, and the redemption clause REDEEMABLE ONLY IN ELIGIBLE FOODS AT THE PIONEER STORE WHERE ISSUED printed in two lines at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOT REDEEMABLE FOR CASH 1 PIONEER 1 FOOD STAMP VOUCHER 1₵ IR REDEEMABLE ONLY IN ELIGIBLE FOODS AT THE PIONEER STORE WHERE ISSUED |
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Pioneer Supermarkets was a cooperative grocery chain with deep roots in New York's working-class neighborhoods, and scrip of this type — fractional cents issued in paper — was used to avoid making change in coin during periods when small denomination coins were either scarce or simply inconvenient to handle at high-volume checkout counters. The practice was more common among cooperative and independent grocers than chain stores, and its legality under New York state law was perpetually murky.
Paper cent scrip from retail issuers survives poorly. The material was treated as disposable, redeemed quickly or simply discarded.