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1 Cent - Capitol Foods Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| Issuer | Capitol Foods, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Plain white slip printed in black letterpress throughout. A detachable stub at top carries a hand-filled dollar-and-cents amount field with serial number and initials line, separated from the main body by a horizontal dashed perforation. The main body bears the issuer name, address, and program title in graduated type sizes, with a large central "Due Slip" legend and a second amount field above the restriction "NOT TO EXCEED .49c", a repeated serial number, and an initials line at lower right. A small printer's imprint appears at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | $ 0. c No. Initials CAPITOL FOODS 4131 W. Capitol Dr. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Federal Food Stamp Program Due Slip AMOUNT $0. c NOT TO EXCEED .49c No. Initials |
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Capitol Foods was a Milwaukee grocery chain that issued paper scrip for in-store use, a practice common among larger regional grocers through the mid-twentieth century as a way to retain customer spending and simplify small-change transactions at checkout. This 1-cent denomination is the lowest practical unit in such systems — issued not for prestige but because rounding up a cent on every transaction across thousands of weekly customers added up.
Milwaukee had a dense concentration of neighborhood grocery operations competing for working-class household accounts, and scrip loyalty programs were one concrete tool in that fight.