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1 Cent - Southeast Food & Liquor Chicago, Illinois
| Issuer | Southeast Food & Liquor |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper with fine crosshatch underprint throughout. A decorative border of scrollwork and fan guilloche frames the face. At left center, a circular vignette of a balance scale; at right center, an oval vignette of a standing female figure. Denomination counters reading "1c" appear in each corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1C 1C FOOD STAMP CREDIT SLIP Redeemable Only in Eligible Foods at SOUTHEAST FOOD & LIQUOR 6820 S. STONY ISLAND Chicago, ILL. ONE CENT Not Redeemable in U.S. Currency ONE CENT CREDIT SLIP 1C 1C |
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A merchant due bill or trade token note — these small-denomination paper scrip pieces were issued by independent grocers and liquor stores throughout Chicago's South Side neighborhoods, primarily during periods when coin shortages made exact change genuinely difficult to provide. Southeast Food & Liquor operated in a retail environment where thin margins and cash-only transactions made fractional scrip a practical workaround rather than a financial instrument in any formal sense.
No issuing date is recorded, and these pieces were almost certainly never intended to outlast the business itself.