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1 Cent - Joyces' Super Markets Boulder, Colorado
| Issuer | Joyces' Super Markets |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper voucher with blue letterpress printing throughout. A scalloped decorative border frames the face, with the denomination '1¢' repeated at left and right flanking the central 'Joyces' Super Markets' script logotype in a rectangular cartouche. Redemption conditions and serial number appear in smaller type along the left margin and lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse with no printed design; show-through of the obverse printing is visible due to the thin paper stock. |
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Joyce's Super Markets was among hundreds of American grocery chains that issued store-specific paper scrip during the mid-twentieth century, primarily to handle small-change shortages at checkout or to function as promotional currency redeemable only within the issuing store. These fractional cent notes kept customers tethered to a single retailer — you couldn't spend a 1-cent Joyce's chit at the A&P down the street.
Boulder, Colorado examples from regional grocery scrip issuers are modestly scarce simply because few were saved; they were meant to be spent, not collected.