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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Oak Food Center
| Issuer | Oak Food Center |
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| Size | 83 x 63 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Value One Cent 1c OAK FOOD CENTER REDEEMABLE for MERCHANDISE ONLY |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely plain olive-green card stock with no printed design or text. A pencilled collector notation appears in the lower right corner. |
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American grocery store scrip of this type — issued by individual retailers to facilitate food stamp transactions — emerged from a specific regulatory gap. Federal food stamps were denominated in whole dollars, leaving cashiers unable to make change when a customer's purchase fell short of a full stamp's value. Stores like Oak Food Center issued their own fractional cent scrip to bridge that gap, redeemable only in-store for further food stamp purchases.
The practice was eventually curtailed by tightened USDA regulations in the 1990s.