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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Williams 7 To 11 Market
| Issuer | Williams 7 To 11 Market |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 1c 1c CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT — REDEEMABLE FOR AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE ONLY AT INDICATED STORE Food Stamp Program CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT Food Stamp Program CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT Williams 7 To 11 Market GOOD FOR .01¢ IN AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE UNDER U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ONLY 1c 1c |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted yellow stock, with faint show-through of the obverse letterpress impression visible through the lightweight paper. |
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American grocery scrip of this type was typically issued by independent retailers during the mid-twentieth century to manage change-making at the register or to encourage repeat custom — a 1-cent denomination suggests the latter, functioning more as a loyalty token than a transactional instrument. Williams 7 To 11 Markets were small-format convenience and grocery operations, and scrip of this kind was never regulated at the federal level, meaning issuance quantities and redemption records were kept, if at all, entirely at the store level.
Survival is almost entirely accidental — most examples were redeemed, lost, or discarded.