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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 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 |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on plain white paper stock with no design, text, or security elements. |
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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.