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1 Cent - Giant Food & Liquor Inc. Chicago, Illinois
| Issuer | Giant Food & Liquor, Inc. |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 1C 1C FOOD STAMP CREDIT SLIP Redeemable Only in Eligible Foods at GIANT FOOD & LIQUOR, INC. 7147 S. RACINE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ONE CENT Not Redeemable in U.S. Currency ONE CENT CREDIT SLIP 1C 1C |
| Reverse description | Plain yellow paper with an all-over fine cross-hatch pattern printed in a slightly deeper yellow tone, giving a linen-like texture. The field is otherwise unadorned, with faint bleed-through of obverse lettering visible under close inspection. |
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Giant Food & Liquor, Inc. was one of hundreds of American retailers that issued fractional paper scrip during the mid-twentieth century to avoid making change in coin — particularly useful during periods when small-denomination coinage was in short supply or simply inconvenient at high-volume checkout counters. Chicago had a particularly dense retail scrip culture, with competing grocery chains issuing their own cent denominations that were, in practice, only redeemable at the issuing store. Locally printed, locally redeemed, and almost never saved.