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1 Cent - Meijer Grand Rapids, Michigan
| Issuer | Meijer Thrifty Acres and Super Markets |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on pale green paper with a fine cross-hatch guilloche underprint throughout. At left, the Meijer corporate logo with a caricature figure carrying groceries; at centre, a lacy guilloche vignette cartouche enclosing the numeral "1" with "VALUE" and "CENTS" on scroll banners above and below. Inscriptions border the top and bottom edges. |
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| Obverse lettering | REDEEMABLE ONLY AT MEIJER THRIFTY ACRES AND SUPER MARKETS FOOD COUPON VALUE 1 CENTS This coupon expires 60 days after termination of The Food Coupon Program at Meijer's NON-TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT UNDER CONDITIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE |
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Meijer's in-store scrip dates to the company's aggressive expansion in the 1960s, when founder Hendrik Meijer was pushing the thrifty acres superstore format across Michigan. These cents were almost certainly issued as change-making instruments — a practical solution when coin shortages hit American retail during the mid-1960s copper cent hoarding crisis, when customers were pulling coins out of circulation faster than the Mint could replace them.
Retail scrip of this type was broadly tolerated rather than legally sanctioned. Its survival rate is low simply because nobody thought to keep it.