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10 Cents - State Food Stores Moundsville, West Virginia
| Issuer | State Food Stores, Moundsville, West Virginia |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | STATE FOOD STORES GOOD FOR FACE VALUE IF NOT DETACHED FROM COVER NOT TRANSFERABLE 10 CENTS |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on plain uncoated paper with no text, vignette, or security device. |
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Company scrip issued by a retail grocery operation in Moundsville, Marshall County — coalfield country, where company-issued fractional currency was a practical fixture of working-class commerce well into the mid-twentieth century. Whether this note circulated among mining families or served a broader retail clientele is unclear, but small-denomination paper scrip of this kind typically plugged the gap left by a chronic shortage of low-value coinage in remote communities.
At 52 x 23 mm, this is among the smallest scrip formats documented from the region — closer in size to a trolley token coupon than to conventional currency.