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1 Cent - Arapahoe Stores, Inc. #2 Pueblo, Colorado
| Issuer | Arapahoe Stores, Inc. |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Tan card stock printed in black letterpress. The centre field bears an applied rubber store stamp with the issuer's monogram within a circle, store number, address at Pueblo, Colorado, and a serial reference. Corner fields each carry the denomination "1¢"; lateral margins read "Food Stamp Program / Certificate of Credit" in rotated text. |
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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 # 48060-8 ARAPAHOE STORES, INC. #2 1715 PRAIRIE AVENUE 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 operated as a consumer cooperative in Pueblo, Colorado — a region with a strong labor and cooperative movement tied to the steel and mining industries that dominated southern Colorado through much of the twentieth century. Store-issued scrip like this 1-cent note functioned as fractional change currency, a practical workaround when coin shortages made small-denomination transactions cumbersome at the register. The "#2" designation confirms this was issued by a specific branch, suggesting the cooperative ran multiple locations.
Colorado cooperative scrip of this type rarely entered formal banking records, which makes provenance and dating difficult. Survival is almost entirely a matter of luck.