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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Food Arena
| Issuer | Food Arena Discount Supermarkets |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper scrip with a scalloped border enclosing a dotted-pattern underprint field printed in blue. The denomination "1¢" appears in large numerals at left and right, flanking the issuer's name "Food Arena" and the circular logo of Food Arena Discount Supermarkets at centre. Redemption conditions are set in small letterpress text at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse showing a mirror bleed-through impression of the obverse printing in pale grey, with no additional design elements. A handwritten pencil notation appears at the lower right. |
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Food stamp scrip of this kind emerged from a regulatory gap in the U.S. food stamp program: federal rules prohibited giving cash change for food stamp purchases, so some retailers issued their own paper scrip redeemable in-store for the odd cents left over from a transaction. Food Arena Discount Supermarkets operated primarily in the southeastern United States. The legality of these scrip issues was contested, and the USDA eventually moved to close the loophole — making retailer-issued food stamp change scrip a short-lived and geographically scattered phenomenon.