Scrip

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 currency was unavailable, including remote coal towns, military bases, ships on long voyages, or occupied countries in wartime. In some cases, scrips have been used for exploitative payment of employees under truck systems. It has been illegal in the US for companies to pay employees in scrip since 1938.

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