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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Bashas'
| Issuer | Bashas' Discount Supermarkets |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper scrip with a bold crosshatch-pattern border incorporating scalloped inner edges. The Bashas' oval logo vignette appears at upper left, with the denomination '1c' at centre and 'FOOD STAMP CREDIT' in large bold letterpress at left. Redemption and eligibility conditions are set in smaller type at right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain yellow paper reverse showing a faint offset bleed-through impression of the obverse design in mirror image, printed in grey. A handwritten collector notation appears along the lower edge. |
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Food stamp scrip was issued by authorized retailers during the 1970s and 1980s to handle change due to customers paying with federal food stamp coupons — federal regulations prohibited giving cash change, so participating stores created their own small-denomination paper scrip redeemable in-store for additional food purchases. Bashas', the Arizona-based family grocery chain, was among the regional operators that produced their own branded versions rather than using generic third-party scrip.
The 1-cent denomination is the smallest unit in the series and the hardest to justify saving — most were discarded or lost in pockets. The program ended after the 1996 welfare reform legislation phased out paper food stamps entirely in favor of electronic benefit transfer cards.