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1 Cent - Arapahoe Stores, Inc. #1 Pueblo, Colorado
| Issuer | Arapahoe Stores, Inc. |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan cardboard stock printed in black letterpress throughout. The central field carries a rubber store stamp with the encircled "AG" monogram vignette alongside the store name and address. The denomination "1¢" appears in bold at each corner, with horizontal rule borders dividing the face into three registers bearing the redemption and Food Stamp Program legends. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1₵ 1₵ CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT – REDEEMABLE FOR AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE ONLY AT INDICATED STORE Food Stamp Program CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT Food Stamp Program CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT # 48050-9 ARAPAHOE STORES, INC. #1 625 W. 4TH STREET PUEBLO, COLO. Store Stamp GOOD FOR 1₵ IN AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE UNDER U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ONLY 1₵ 1₵ |
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Arapahoe Stores, Inc. was a cooperative trading operation, and this 1-cent cardboard chit is the kind of fractional scrip that cooperative and company stores issued to avoid making change in coin — particularly useful during periods when small-denomination coinage was scarce or simply inconvenient to stock. Cardboard fractionals of this type were strictly internal instruments, redeemable only at the issuing store and worthless the moment the business closed or membership lapsed.
The "#1 Pueblo" designation suggests at least a second location existed under the same corporate name.