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1 Cent - Canned Foods Incorporated San Francisco, California
| Issuer | Canned Foods Incorporated |
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| Value | 1 Cent (0.01 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Light green paper with a plain black multi-rule rectangular border framing all text. Denomination numerals "1c" appear at each corner in bold letterpress. The central legend in justified block capitals states the U.S. Government Food Stamp Program redemption terms, with the issuer name in large bold type and the San Francisco main office noted below. |
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| Reverse description | Plain light green paper, unprinted, with no design elements or text. |
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Canned Foods Incorporated was a San Francisco-based grocery chain that operated a network of discount warehouse stores during the 1930s. Like many large retailers of the Depression era, the company issued its own scrip to manage cash flow and encourage customers to spend within the store rather than convert change into coin. This particular cent denomination is among the lowest-face-value pieces of Depression-era merchant scrip documented from the Bay Area.