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1 Cent - Food Town Las Vegas, New Mexico
| Issuer | Food Town (Las Vegas, New Mexico) |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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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 #50540-4 FOOD TOWN 211 SOUTH GRAND LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO Store Stamp GOOD FOR 1₵ IN AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE UNDER U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ONLY 1₵ 1₵ |
| Reverse description | Entirely plain unprinted tan card stock with no text, vignettes, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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Food Town was a regional grocery chain that issued cardboard scrip in small denominations for use within its own stores — a practice common among American retailers in the mid-twentieth century as a way to avoid making change in coin during periods of minor currency shortages or simply as a customer retention mechanism. Las Vegas, New Mexico should not be confused with its Nevada namesake; this is the historic northeastern New Mexico town on the Santa Fe Trail.
Cardboard scrip of this type survives poorly. The material warps, splits at corners, and stains readily, meaning genuinely intact examples are harder to find than their original ubiquity would suggest.