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1 Cent - Select Foods Chicago, Illinois
| Issuer | Select Foods, Chicago, Illinois |
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| Size | 90 x 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper with a geometric basket-weave underprint throughout. Ornate scalloped and scrollwork border frames the face; denomination corners carry "1c" in circular cartouches. A scales-of-justice vignette appears at left, with a faint oval underprint vignette at centre. Issuer name and store address are printed in bold letterpress, with a lower panel reading "ONE CENT CREDIT SLIP". |
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| Obverse lettering | 1C 1C FOOD STAMP CREDIT SLIP Redeemable Only in Eligible Foods at SELECT FOODS 1154 East 63rd Street Chicago, 60637 ONE CENT Not Redeemable in U.S. Currency ONE CENT CREDIT SLIP 1C 1C |
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Company scrip of this type — issued by food processors and meatpacking-adjacent firms in the Chicago area — was common enough in the early-to-mid twentieth century as a way to lock wages back into company-controlled purchasing. A 1-cent denomination is unusually small, suggesting this piece functioned as change within a company store or cafeteria system rather than as a wage token proper.
Select Foods, Chicago has left almost no trace in surviving business records, which makes precise dating difficult. Without a series date or charter number, attribution relies entirely on the issuer text.