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1 Cent - United Foodtown
| Issuer | United Foodtown |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Yellow paper reverse with a fine vertical-line underprint, printed in dark blue. Four Foodtown Supermarkets oval vignettes repeat at the corners, flanked by dashed decorative borders. The central field carries a block of liability disclaimer text in uppercase letterpress, concluded by the issuer's name at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | THE HOLDER OF THIS FOOD CREDIT STAMP IS SOLELY RE- SPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS, THEFT, OR DESTRUCTION THEREOF. UNITED FOODTOWN HAS, AND ASSUMES, NO RESPONSIBILITY TO THE HOLDER IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LOSS, THEFT OR DE- STRUCTION AND WILL NOT RE- PLACE THIS CREDIT STAMP. UNITED FOODTOWN |
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United Foodtown was a cooperative of independent supermarket operators in New Jersey, and these small-denomination scrip pieces functioned as change-making instruments — issued to avoid relying on coin supply during periods when cents were in short supply or simply inconvenient at checkout. Retailer-issued fractional scrip of this type occupied a legal grey area, tolerated rather than formally sanctioned.
The near-square format is unusual among American trade notes and suggests local printing rather than a specialist currency house.