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1 Cent - Kmart Foods La Crosse, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Kmart Foods La Crosse, Wisconsin |
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| Size | 113 x 59 mm |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper voucher with scalloped border, printed in blue. The title FOOD STAMP CREDIT appears at top, with the denomination 1¢ flanking a central oval Kmart Quality Discount Foods logo. Redemption conditions are printed along the lower margin, with a serial number running vertically along the left edge. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse with no printed text or design, showing only a faint bleed-through impression of the obverse printing and a serial number along the right edge. |
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Kmart Foods operated as a standalone grocery division under the Kmart umbrella during the 1970s and early 1980s, distinct from the general merchandise stores. These scrip cents were issued for use within the La Crosse, Wisconsin location — most likely as change-making tokens during a period when register systems and pricing structures made small-coin management genuinely inconvenient for high-volume grocery checkout. The practice of issuing paper fractional scrip in place of coin was largely extinct in mainstream retail by this point, which makes the La Crosse issue an unusually late example of the format.