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1 Point - Meats and Fats Office of Price Administration
| Issuer | Office of Price Administration (OPA) |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Blue-green toned paper with a repeating underprint of the Great Seal of the United States and the text "U.S. GOVERNMENT RATION" interlaced across the entire surface. Red letterpress text dominates the face, with denomination numerals "1" at all four corners and the category legend in bold at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION RATION COUPON FOR ONE POINT MEAT, FATS, FISH, and CHEESES OPA Form R-1613 ☆ GPO 16-34710-1 |
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The OPA ration currency was one of the more unusual monetary-adjacent systems the United States deployed during the war years — not legal tender, but functionally coercive. These point tokens and coupons accompanied dollar payment at the register; a shopper needed both cash and sufficient points to complete a purchase. The meats and fats series ran under a separate point allocation from processed foods, with values periodically revised by Washington as supply conditions changed.
The GPO produced these in enormous quantities, and attrition was severe — they passed through dozens of hands and were often stored loosely in books or purses. Intact, undetached examples are genuinely uncommon.