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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Furr's Super Market
| Issuer | Furr's Inc., Lubbock, Texas |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 1c ONE CENT 1c FOOD STAMP CREDIT No. 398513c Good at any FURR'S SUPER MARKET Authorized Under the U.S.D.A. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM For use in making change of 49¢ or less to eligible Households. Redeemable only for eligible foods FURR'S INC. LUBBOCK, TEXAS |
| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse showing a mirror-image bleed-through of the obverse letterpress impression, with no independently printed design elements. A handwritten notation appears at lower centre. |
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Furr's Inc. was a grocery and cafeteria chain headquartered in Lubbock that operated across West Texas and New Mexico from the 1930s onward. This scrip was issued to make change within the federal food stamp program — because food stamps were issued in fixed denominations, retailers couldn't easily give change when a purchase fell short, so store-specific fractional scrip like this filled the gap. It was redeemable only at Furr's locations, not federally backed.
The USDA officially prohibited food stamp change scrip in 1981, which brackets the likely period of use fairly tightly.