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Pal's Dollar
| Issuer | Pal's Sudden Service |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue guilloche underprint overall with a green foil-effect left panel; central vignette shows fast-food items including a hot dog, burger, french fries and drink cup in intaglio-style print. Circular Pal's Sudden Service seal at lower left; denomination numeral '1' in a lathework circle at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE DOLLAR, Pal's Sudden Service's purpose is to delight customers in a way that creates loyalty through great food in a flash, THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL PURCHASES AT PAL'S SUDDEN SERVICE, PAL'S SUDDEN SERVICE - KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE, Not redeemable for cash, Treasurer of Great Food In A Flash |
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Pal's Sudden Service is a regional fast-food chain operating exclusively in the Tri-Cities area of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia — never franchised, never expanded beyond its tight geographic footprint, and famously the first food-service company inducted into the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program, back in 2001. The "Pal's Dollar" is a promotional scrip issued for internal loyalty or gift purposes, redeemable at Pal's locations rather than functioning as any form of legal tender.
Kingsport, Tennessee is both the chain's home base and the effective locus of these notes' entire useful life — they were never meant to travel far.