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1 Cent - Safeway Stores Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas
| Issuer | Safeway Stores |
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| Value | 1 Cent |
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| Obverse description | Pink-tinted note on paper stock carrying a repeated 'SAFEWAY' underprint across the entire field. A decorative guilloche border frames the face, with the denomination 'ONE CENT' in bold letterpress at the top centre, flanked on each side by '1¢' numerals. The Safeway 'S' logo appears in circular vignettes at lower left and lower right, with the issuer name and redemption conditions printed in smaller text across the centre field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE CENT 1¢ 1¢ FOOD STAMP CREDIT Redeemable Only By Participant of U.S. Govt. Food Stamp Program for Food items on Authorized List … at any-- SAFEWAY STORES In Counties of Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas Approved by U.S.D.A. |
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Safeway's regional trade tokens and scrip were issued during the early 1930s Depression-era period when small-denomination coin shortages made change-making a genuine operational problem for chain retailers. This particular scrip — denominated down to a single cent — reflects just how acute that problem was at the retail counter level. Limiting redemption to Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas suggests this was a district-specific issue, likely tied to a regional management structure rather than a national rollout.
Paper cent scrip from this period survives poorly; the denomination made it disposable in the minds of shoppers, and most was either spent immediately or discarded.