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1 Cent - Mack's Super Market Harlan, Kentucky
| Issuer | Mack's Super Markets |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain light blue-green paper stock with no vignette or decorative underprint. The issuer name appears in bold serif type at top centre, with redemption conditions set in letterpress below. A serial number runs vertically along the left margin, and the denomination "1c" is printed in large bold type at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Mack's Super Markets Redeemable for merchandise only. Redeemable only by certified Food Stamp recipients. Non-Transferable THIS TOKEN GOOD FOR 1c No. 131 |
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Mack's Super Market scrip from Harlan, Kentucky places this piece squarely in the tradition of Appalachian coal country trade tokens and store currency — Harlan County was so dominated by company and community scrip systems through the mid-twentieth century that private redemption notes remained culturally familiar long after they had disappeared elsewhere in the country. Whether this cent denomination was issued for making change or as a promotional device is the genuinely interesting question; single-cent paper scrip is rare enough that change-making is the more likely answer, since promotional denominations almost never went this low.