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1 Cent - AMA Grocery Dept. Tucson, Arizona
| Issuer | AMA Grocery Department, Tucson, Arizona |
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| Size | 130 x 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain white ground printed in blue letterpress throughout, enclosed by a dashed-checkerboard border. Issuer name "GROCERY AMA DEPARTMENT" appears across the top, with the store address below. The denomination "1c" in large bold type occupies the centre, flanked left by "FOOD STAMP CREDIT" and right by redemption conditions referencing the U.S.D.A. Food Stamp Program. A redemption notice runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | GROCERY AMA DEPARTMENT 22nd and Craycroft - Tucson, Arizona 85711 FOOD STAMP CREDIT ONE 1C CENT Not Negotiable Redeemable only in Merchandise. Eligible Under the U.S.D.A. Food Stamp Program. REEDEMABLE AT AMA GROCERY DEPT. ONLY |
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AMA here almost certainly refers to the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's predecessor structure, or more likely a cooperative grocery operation tied to military or civil service personnel at one of Tucson's installations — Davis-Monthan Air Force Base being the obvious candidate. Scrip of this type was issued to restrict purchasing to authorized patrons and to keep transaction currency within a closed commissary economy, avoiding the need to make change in coin during periods when small denomination coinage was either scarce or administratively inconvenient.
Tucson-printed military and institutional scrip from this period rarely survived in quantity; it was designed to be spent, not saved.