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1 Cent - Shopping Cart Supermarket New York, New York
| Issuer | Shopping Cart Supermarket |
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| Size | 133 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | NOT REDEEMABLE FOR CASH 1₵ 1₵ SHOPPING CART 2171 BROADWAY N.Y.C. Redeemable only for Food Items authorized By the USDA Food Stamp Program FOOD COUPON CREDIT SLIP 1₵ GOOD ONLY AT SHOPPING CART SUPERMARKET 1₵ |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, printed on plain white paper with no design elements or lettering. |
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Shopping Cart Supermarket was one of hundreds of independent grocery operations that issued their own cent-denomination paper scrip during the mid-twentieth century, primarily as a mechanism for making change without depleting coin reserves — a persistent problem for small retailers during periods of coin shortages in the United States. These notes circulated purely within the store's own register system and had no redemption value elsewhere.
New York City grocers were particularly active scrip issuers. Most examples from operations this small survive only by accident.