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1 Cent - SimMS Colorado Springs, Colorado
| Issuer | SimMS, Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
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| Size | 118 x 64 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan paper stock with a grid-bordered layout divided into corner denomination panels and a central field. The top border carries the redeemability clause in bold letterpress; the central panel bears a green endorsement stamp directing deposit to The First National Bank, Colorado Springs, with the issuer name and routing number. The bottom border states the U.S.D.A. Food Stamp Program authorization, with '1¢' repeated in each corner. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely unprinted plain tan paper stock with no text, vignette, or design elements of any kind. |
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SimMS, Inc. was one of dozens of American promotional scrip issuers operating in the mid-twentieth century, producing small-denomination paper certificates redeemable at specific retail locations as a customer loyalty or change-making device. Colorado Springs supported a modest but active local scrip economy, and these cents-denomination pieces were almost always short-lived — redeemed quickly or simply discarded, which accounts for their relative scarcity today despite once circulating in genuine volume.