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1 Cent - Safeway Stores Los Angeles, California
| Issuer | Safeway Stores |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Light green paper with an ornate letterpress-printed border of repeating foliate and geometric units enclosing all text. Denomination panels at upper left and right each bear a serrated oval vignette with the numeral "1c". The Safeway "S" logo appears in two circular vignettes flanking the issuer name at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE CENT 1C 1C FOOD STAMP CREDIT Redeemable Only By Participant of U.S. Govt. Food Stamp Program for Food Items on Authorized List ... at any-- SAFEWAY STORES LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF. |
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Safeway Stores issued paper scrip in small denominations during the 1930s as a practical response to the national coin shortage that accompanied the Depression. Retailers across the United States — grocery chains especially — found that making exact change was genuinely difficult when customers were spending carefully and coins were being hoarded. This 1 cent denomination is among the smallest-denomination trade scrip known from a major American chain, and the Los Angeles designation likely reflects regional issuance rather than a single store authorization.