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25 Cents Taom River Roadhouse
| Issuer | Taom River Roadhouse |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher in black on plain paper with a double-rule border. A vignette of the New Zealand map occupies the centre field. Denomination numerals "25c" appear in boxed corners at all four angles, with signature lines for President and Secretary at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 TWENTY FIVE CENTS Redeemable at TAOM RIVER Roadhouse Only. President Secretary 1943 |
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Private scrip issued by a roadhouse during wartime coin shortages is not unusual for the American West in 1943 — the federal government's metal conservation drives stripped small change from circulation so thoroughly that gas stations, diners, and rural stores routinely printed their own fractional currency to make transactions work. The Taom River Roadhouse scrip fits squarely in that pattern.
No documentation has surfaced confirming the issuer's location or how widely this circulated before being redeemed or discarded. Survival is almost certainly accidental.