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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Rodgers Super Valu
| Issuer | Rodgers Super Valu, Adel, Iowa |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 1¢ FEDERAL FOOD STAMP PLAN 1¢ DUE BILL ONE CENT ONE CENT GOOD ONLY AT: RODGERS SUPER VALU Z12 COTTAGE ADEL, IOWA Valid for purchases conforming to the rules and regulations of the Fed. Food Stamp Plan 1¢ 1¢ |
| Reverse description | Plain pink reverse, unprinted, with faint bleed-through of the obverse design visible through the thin paper stock. |
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American grocery scrip of this type emerged from a practical workaround: food stamp booklets issued by the USDA came in fixed denominations, and when a purchase left an odd-cent balance, federal regulations prohibited giving cash change for food stamps. Some retailers absorbed the loss; others, like Rodgers Super Valu in Adel, Iowa, printed their own fractional scrip redeemable in-store — a legal solution that kept customers coming back rather than walking out with nothing owed to them.
Dallas County, Iowa had a small enough retail economy that this kind of store-specific instrument was genuinely useful. Whether Rodgers honored competitors' scrip or strictly their own is unrecorded.