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1 Cent Peace Token
| Issuer | Cash-For-Churches-And-Charities |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Circular note printed in red on white paper. The circular border carries the legend CASH-FOR-CHURCHES-AND-CHARITIES in letterpress. The central field bears the redemption address text within a plain panel, flanked by three five-pointed stars. TRADE MARK Reg. appears at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | PEACE TOKEN CENT 1¢ CONTRIBUTION TO CHURCHES AND CHARITIES RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE. |
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Cash-For-Churches-And-Charities was a short-lived Sacramento-based redemption scheme — the kind of scrip-adjacent promotional instrument that proliferated in mid-20th century America, typically issued by civic or religious fundraising groups who leveraged consumer purchasing habits to generate small fractional donations. The issuer would collect a percentage from participating retailers, with accumulated tokens redeemed for charitable contributions. Paper "cent" tokens of this type were never legal tender and occupied an ambiguous space between coupon and currency.
Sacramento was an active market for such schemes given its dense network of church-affiliated civic organizations. No federal or state banking authority governed these issues.