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1 Cent - Link's Super Market New York, New York
| Issuer | Link's Super Market |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is framed by a decorative chain-link border running the full perimeter. At centre, an oval vignette carries the letterpress legend FOOD STAMP CREDIT surmounted by three five-pointed stars. The denomination 1¢ appears in large bold numerals at left and right, with a third instance in a plain rectangular box at bottom centre. In the lower portion, two circular seals of the Intercity Food Merchants Association (IFM) flank the store name and address. |
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| Obverse lettering | REDEEMABLE ONLY IN ELIGIBLE FOODS: 1¢ FOOD STAMP CREDIT at the LINK'S SUPER MKT 2138 8th. Ave 1¢ |
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Private scrip issued by a single retail grocery operation in New York City. American supermarket scrip of this type was typically used as change tender or promotional currency during coin shortages — most acutely during the 1974–1975 cent shortage, when retailers across the northeastern United States briefly issued their own fractional paper to avoid making change in small coins.
Survival rate for single-store grocery scrip is low. These notes were redeemed quickly, discarded, or simply worn to illegibility in apron pockets and cash drawers.