page_title: Scrip
hierarchical_section_title: Scrip
caption_attribution_description: English: 1 Ruble printed on vellum or parchment by the Russian-American Company. Used as a form of company scrip in Alaska when it was a possession of the Russian Empire. On the obverse, the horizontal text immediately beneath the double-headed eagle reads “Seal of the Russian American Company.” The oval text reads “under august protection of His Imperial Majesty.” Under the oval is the value of the note “one ruble.” Русский: Марка в 1 рубль, напечатанная Российско-американской компанией для Аляски
context_page_description: A scrip is any substitute for legal tender. It is often a form of credit. Scrips have been created for payment of employees under truck systems, and 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. Besides company scrip, other forms of scrip include land scrip, vouchers, token coins such as subway tokens, IOUs, arcade tokens and tickets, and points on some credit cards.
  Scrips have gained historical importance and become a subject of study in numismatics and exonumia due to their wide variety and recurring use. Scrip behaves similarly to a currency, and as such can be used to study monetary economics.
context_section_description: A scrip (or chit in India) is any substitute for legal tender. It is often a form of credit. Scrips have been created for payment of employees under truck systems, and 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.  Besides company scrip, other forms of scrip include land scrip, vouchers, token coins such as subway tokens, IOUs, arcade tokens and tickets, and points on some credit cards.
  Scrips have gained historical importance and become a subject of study in numismatics and exonumia due to their wide variety and recurring use. Scrip behaves similarly to a currency, and as such can be used to study monetary economics.
caption: Russian-American Company parchment scrip (1 Ruble), from between 1826 and 1858.
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