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1 Cent - Fourth Street Arapahoe, Inc. Pueblo, Colorado
| Issuer | Fourth Street Arapahoe, Inc. |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan cardboard stock printed in dark brown letterpress. The face is divided into a bordered grid layout with denomination numerals "1¢" at all four corners; the upper panel carries the redemption notice, side panels bear vertical legends, and the central field contains store and banking details with a designated store stamp area. The lower panel repeats the USDA Food Stamp Program authorization legend. |
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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 PAY TO THE ORDER OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK PUEBLO, COLORADO FOR FOOD STAMP ONLY FOURTH STREET ARAPAHOE, Inc. 1025 W. 4TH STREET PUEBLO, COLORADO B.F. AND D.A. HUSTEAD Store Stamp GOOD FOR 1¢ IN AUTHORIZED MERCHANDISE UNDER U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ONLY 1¢ 1¢ |
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Fourth Street Arapahoe, Inc. was a Pueblo, Colorado business that issued its own cardboard scrip — a practice that survived well into the twentieth century among American retailers and service establishments as a way to manage small change shortages or encourage repeat custom. The specific circumstances behind this issue are not well documented, but merchant scrip of this type was most common during the 1930s Depression era, when coin was hoarded and small denominations genuinely scarce at the local level.
Cardboard scrip from single-business Colorado issuers rarely survives in quantity. Most was redeemed, worn out, or simply discarded once the issuing concern closed.