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1 Cent - Hinky Dinky Omaha, Nebraska
| Issuer | Hinky Dinky Supermarkets |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper due bill with ornate scroll border framing the entire face. The issuer name appears in bold block lettering at top center flanked by diamond vignettes, with two circular guilloche rosettes left and right bearing the denomination numeral. Central cartouche in Old English script reads 'Due Bill'; a diagonal 'CANCELLED' overprint crosses the lower left quadrant. |
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| Obverse lettering | Hinky Dinky U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP 1¢ DUE BILL 1¢ ONE CENT Redeemable Only at Hinky Dinky FORM NO. 60-00-08-9-69 |
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Hinky Dinky was a regional grocery chain operating primarily across Nebraska and the surrounding Midwest, and this 1969 cent note is a piece of promotional scrip rather than government-issued currency — one of thousands of merchant coupon schemes that proliferated in American retail during the postwar decades. The chain used these small-denomination paper pieces as a change-making supplement, a common workaround during periods when the U.S. Mint struggled to keep cent coinage in adequate supply.
The 1960s coin shortage, driven partly by rising silver prices and hoarding, pushed retailers of all sizes toward internal scrip solutions. Hinky Dinky eventually sold its Nebraska operations to Homeland Stores in 1988.