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1 Cent - Veterans Canteen Service
| Issuer | Veterans Administration - Veterans Canteen Service |
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| Reference(s) | TC#719321 |
| Obverse description | Small-format trade voucher printed in black on pale green paper. The left panel contains a large numeral '1' above the word 'CENT' within a bordered vignette with a decorative scroll at the top. The right panel carries the issuing authority and redemption conditions in bold letterpress text, with a red printed serial number prefixed by the letter 'B' at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 CENT VETERANS ADMINISTRATION VETERANS CANTEEN SERVICE GOOD FOR FACE VALUE IN TRADE NOT GOOD IF DETACHED |
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The Veterans Canteen Service was established by Congress in 1946 to provide low-cost goods and services to veterans receiving care at VA facilities. These paper scrip tokens — fractions of a dollar, non-negotiable outside the canteen system — were a practical solution to the problem of hospitalized veterans needing small purchasing power without handling regular currency in a controlled ward environment.
The TC# reference places this in the Trade Check cataloguing system. At 51 × 27 mm, the format is closer to a ticket stub than a banknote, which is precisely what it functioned as.