Company store
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A company store is a retail store selling a limited range of food, clothing and daily necessities to employees of a company. It is typical of a company town in a remote area where virtually everyone i
A company store owned and operated by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company in Lynch, Kentucky, 1946
U.S. Coal and Coke Company Store in 1946, Gary, West Virginia
Scrip
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A scrip is any substitute for legal tender. It is often a form of credit. Scrips have been created and used for a variety of reasons. Scrips have been used in local commerce at times when regular curr
Company store
…In a company town, the housing is owned by the company but there may be independent stores there or nearby. Employee-only company stores often accept scrip or non-cash vouchers issued by the company in advance of periodic cash paychecks, and gives credit to employees before payday. Except in very remote…
Alaskan parchment scrip of the Russian-American Company (1 ruble), from between 1826 and 1858
A scrip card from the Capitol Hill Babysitting Co-op
This British Army Forces Voucher, issued to soldiers in Germany following World War II, may be used only in canteens or other specified transactions.