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1 Cent - Safeway Stores Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas

Uitgever Safeway Stores
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Waarde 1 Cent
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Beschrijving voorzijde 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.
Opschrift voorzijde 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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Opmerkingen

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.

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