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10 Cents - Type 2 - Food Stamp Scrip Safeway Stores
| Issuer | Safeway Stores, Phoenix Division |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Blue ornamental scroll border frames the note on all sides. Denomination numeral "10" appears in blue on black sunburst medallions at upper left and right, with "SAFEWAY STORES" in orange letterpress at top centre. A central vignette shows an Arizona desert rock formation in polychrome print, flanked by "TEN" and "CENTS" in blue. Redemption conditions are printed in black at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | PHOENIX DIVISION 10 SAFEWAY STORES 10 FOOD STAMP CREDIT TEN CENTS REDEEMABLE ONLY BY PARTICIPANT OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOOD STAMP PROGRAM FOR FOOD ITEMS ON AUTHORIZED LIST... AT ANY SAFEWAY STORE IN ARIZONA |
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During the Great Depression, when federal food assistance programs were still rudimentary, private retailers occasionally issued their own scrip to facilitate commodity distribution under government relief arrangements. Safeway's Phoenix Division scrip operates in that grey zone — not quite company currency, not quite government issue — and its precise administrative relationship to federal or state relief programs remains poorly documented.
The "Type 2" designation signals at least one earlier variant, suggesting the program ran long enough to require a redesign or reissue, which is itself worth noting for what was ostensibly a temporary relief mechanism.