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1 Cent - Thorofare Markets, Inc.
| Issuer | Thorofare Markets, Inc. / Pennyfare Division of Thorofare Markets, Inc. |
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| Value | 1 Cent |
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| Obverse lettering | FOOD COUPON CREDIT 1¢ Acceptable at face value on future food purchases—in accordance with the Federal Food Stamp Program. 1¢ THOROFARE MARKETS, INC. OR PENNYFARE DIVISION OF THOROFARE MARKETS, INC. 1¢ |
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| Reverse lettering | VOID |
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Thorofare Markets was a supermarket chain based in Ohio that operated primarily through the 1950s and 1960s. The "Pennyfare" division name suggests this cent-denomination piece was part of a promotional scrip or trading stamp redemption program — a common retail tactic of that period, when chains competed aggressively on loyalty incentives rather than price alone. Whether it circulated within the stores as change scrip or functioned purely as a redemption token against future purchases is not definitively documented.
Private merchant scrip at fractional denominations is poorly catalogued generally, and Thorofare issues are no exception.