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1 Cent - Staff/Good Deal Supermarkets Elizabeth, New Jersey
| Issuer | Staff/Good Deal Supermarkets Inc. |
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| Year | 1960-1979 |
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| Value | 1 Cent (0.01 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed coupon enclosed within a decorative scalloped and guilloche border with foliate corner ornaments. The Staff/Good Deal Supermarkets Inc. logotype appears twice, at upper left and lower right, flanking the central bold inscription CREDIT COUPON and THE FEDERAL FOOD STAMP PLAN. Denomination numeral 1¢ appears in oval cartouches at left and right; lower field carries NON NEGOTIABLE and series control code F161. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank white paper, with only a pencilled collector notation visible at lower centre. |
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Good Deal Supermarkets was a regional chain operating in northern New Jersey, and these small-denomination staff scrip notes were almost certainly issued as internal wage supplements or employee discount tokens — a practice that persisted among mid-century American retailers well past the point where most industries had abandoned it. The legal status of such scrip under New Jersey labor law was ambiguous at best, and several retail chains in the region quietly discontinued similar schemes following state scrutiny in the 1970s.
The twenty-year date spread reflects uncertainty rather than a long print run — single-issue scrip of this type rarely survives in quantity.