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1 Cent - The Boys Markets Los Angeles, California
| Issuer | Boys Markets |
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| Size | 89 x 58 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress on light grey paper with a scalloped guilloche border. The Boys Markets oval logo vignette is centered in the upper half, with denomination numerals "1¢" in circular cartouches at all four corners. A red serial number appears to the right of the logo, with restrictive use text printed in green below. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted face showing a uniform light grey security underprint of an interlocking basket-weave guilloche pattern across the entire surface, with no additional text or vignette. |
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Boys Markets was a Southern California supermarket chain best known for a 1970 U.S. Supreme Court ruling — Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 — that significantly curtailed labor's right to strike in violation of no-strike clauses. The chain issued scrip like this cent note as a promotional or change-making tool, a practice common among large regional grocers before coin shortages and consumer skepticism made the format impractical.
Private merchant scrip from California grocers of this period rarely survived in quantity — most were redeemed quickly or discarded.