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1 Cent - Safeway Stores Phoenix, Arizona
| Issuer | Safeway Stores, Inc. (Phoenix Division) |
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| Year | 1972-1975 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Yellow guilloche border frames the note on all sides. Two starburst vignettes in black and yellow bearing the numeral "1" flank the upper corners. A central photographic vignette of an Arizona desert rock formation occupies the middle field, with the issuer name in red letterpress above and denomination in large yellow letters to either side. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted plain white reverse with faint bleed-through impression of the obverse design visible through the paper stock. |
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Safeway's Phoenix Division issued these fractional cent notes in the early 1970s to manage till change during a period when the U.S. Mint was still recovering from the chronic coin shortages that had plagued circulation since the mid-1960s. Retailers across the American Southwest adopted divisional scrip rather than rounding prices — a practical accounting decision as much as a customer service one. Safeway's corporate structure meant redemption was theoretically limited to Phoenix Division stores, making cross-divisional use technically invalid.
Paper retail scrip of this type was rarely saved; checkout counter wear is the norm.