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1 Cent - IGA Marts Pittsburg, Kansas
| Issuer | IGA Marts, Pittsburg, Kansas |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain pink paper slip printed in black letterpress. The denomination numeral "1" in outline form is centred, flanked by the words "One" and "Cent" in bold type. Title legends appear across the top and redemption conditions with the issuer's name and ZIP code are printed below. |
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| Obverse lettering | FOOD STAMP CREDIT SLIP One 1 Cent Redeemable ONLY in eligible foods at: IGA MARTS Pittsburg, Ks. 66762 |
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IGA (Independent Grocers Alliance) store scrip of this kind circulated as promotional or in-house credit currency, typically issued by individual franchise operators rather than the alliance itself. The Pittsburg, Kansas location would have used these cents as change equivalents or promotional tokens during periods when coin shortages made small-denomination transactions cumbersome — a practice that saw modest revival among independent retailers during the mid-twentieth century.
Self-printed locally by the store, which accounts for the rudimentary production quality common to this type.