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1 Cent - Mr. D's Super Stores, Inc. Lander, Wyoming
| Issuer | Mr. D's Super Stores, Inc. |
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| Year | 1972-1975 |
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| Value | 1 Cent 0.01 USD = EUR 0.0085 |
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| Obverse description | Pale green paper coupon with a scalloped border frame. A central vignette illustrates a stylized mid-century modern store canopy with arched roof structure; the issuer's name "Mr. D's" appears above the vignette in bold display lettering. Denomination "1¢" repeated in each corner, with "SUPER STORES, INC." and "FOOD COUPON" in sans-serif letterpress below. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pale green paper, unprinted save for a pencilled notation in mirror script at lower centre, likely a collector's inventory marking added outside of issue. |
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Mr. D's Super Stores issued these fractional paper cents as in-store scrip during the early 1970s, almost certainly to manage change-making at the register — a practice that had largely died out in American retail by the postwar period but occasionally resurfaced in rural areas where coin shortages or rounding needs made small-denomination substitutes convenient. Lander, Wyoming's isolation from major distribution centers may have been a practical factor.
Private scrip of this type occupies an odd regulatory space: technically legal as a store token or coupon redeemable only by the issuer, but subject to scrutiny if perceived as circulating currency.