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1 Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Homestead Meat Co. Inc.
| Issuer | Homestead Meat Co., Inc. |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned scrip with a chain-link border enclosing all text on a horizontal-line underprint bearing repeated arrow and diamond motifs. Denomination "1¢" appears in bold at upper left and right flanking the central letterpress legend "ONE CENT / FOOD STAMP CREDIT". A dashed inner frame at centre carries the issuer's name and address overprinted in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1¢ ONE CENT 1¢ FOOD STAMP CREDIT Redeemable Only By Participant of U.S. Govt. Food Stamp Program Program For Food Items On Authorized List. Redeemable Redeemable At At This Store This Store Only Only HOMESTEAD MEAT CO., INC. 8808 HOMESTEAD RD. HOUSTON, TEXAS 77016 TX-12-401 |
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Food stamp scrip of this kind was issued by individual merchants during the 1930s as a workaround within the federal food stamp program, allowing participating retailers to make fractional change that the official stamps couldn't accommodate. The federal stamps came in fixed denominations; when a transaction left an odd balance, merchants issued their own paper scrip redeemable only at their counters.
Homestead Meat Co., Inc. was a Houston grocery and meat retailer — localized merchant scrip of this type rarely survived in any quantity, since it circulated hard and was typically redeemed quickly or simply discarded.