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In 19th century United States forested areas, cash was often hard to come by. [1] [2] [3] This was particularly true in lumber camps, where workers were commonly paid in company-issued scrip rather than government issued currency.
A scrip (or chit in India) is any substitute for legal tender.It is often a form of credit.Scrips have been created and used for a variety of reasons, including exploitative payment of employees under truck systems; or for use in local commerce at times when regular currency was unavailable, for example in remote coal towns, military bases, ships on long voyages, or occupied countries in wartime.