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1 Cent - National Super Markets Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| Issuer | National Super Markets |
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| Year | 1972-1975 |
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| Value | 1 Cent 0.01 USD = HUF 3.02 |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper voucher with scalloped border, printed in blue. The denomination 1¢ appears in large numerals at left and right, flanking the central Super National Markets diamond-shaped logo. Header reads FOOD STAMP CREDIT, with a three-line redemption clause and store restriction notice in small letterpress text at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse, unprinted, showing show-through of the obverse blue letterpress impression. A handwritten annotation in pencil reading Milwaukee WI is present, along with a printed number along the right margin. |
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National Super Markets issued these small-denomination paper cents as part of a rounding system adopted by several American retailers in the early 1970s to manage cash transactions in jurisdictions where cents were in short supply or where rounding to the nearest nickel was being tested. The notes functioned as store scrip, redeemable only at participating locations, and had no standing outside the issuing chain.
Milwaukee saw a handful of retailers experiment with this format during that window. Most were discarded by customers or lost in the wash — survivors in clean condition are harder to locate than their mundane origins would suggest.