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1 Cent - Safeway Stores
| Emittent | Safeway Stores |
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| Jahr | |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | 1 Cent |
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| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Printed in black on pale green paper, the face is enclosed within a decorative chain-link border. The denomination "ONE CENT" appears in large bold type at upper centre, flanked by two circular value cartouches each reading "1¢"; the left cartouche bears a "VOID" overprint in red. A light blue underprint bearing the word "ONE" runs diagonally across the centre of the note. Below the denomination line, the legend "FOOD STAMP CREDIT" is set in bold capitals, followed by a redemption clause in smaller type. At the lower portion, the Safeway "S" logo vignettes appear at both corners flanking the bold issuer inscription "SAFEWAY STORES", with a further condition line below; the specimen example illustrated carries two diagonal red "VOID" overprints. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | ONE CENT 1¢ 1¢ FOOD STAMP CREDIT Redeemable Only By Participant of U.S. Govt. Food Stamp Program for Food Items on Authorized List... at any-- SAFEWAY STORES IN COUNTIES PARTICIPATING IN THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
Safeway Stores issued scrip across various U.S. regions during the Great Depression as a practical workaround for the chronic small-coin shortage that paralyzed retail commerce in the early 1930s. Federal coin production had not kept pace with demand, and merchants — particularly grocery chains operating high-volume, low-margin transactions — found themselves unable to make correct change. Scrip of this type circulated internally, redeemable only at issuing locations, which also served as an informal customer retention mechanism.
Attribution for individual Safeway scrip pieces is complicated by the chain's decentralized regional structure at the time.