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25 Cents - Food Stamp Credit Tops All Foods
| Issuer | Tops All Foods |
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| Size | 69 x 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper square coupon with letterpress-printed text in black. The store name "TOPS ALL FOODS" appears at top, below which "FOOD STAMP CREDIT" is set in smaller bold capitals. A central embossed medallion vignette overlaps the large denomination numeral "25c" printed in bold type at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | TOPS ALL FOODS FOOD STAMP CREDIT 25c |
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Tops All Foods was a regional American supermarket chain that issued proprietary food stamp scrip — a practice that existed in the gap between federal food assistance programs and store-level redemption mechanics. These retailer-issued fractional credits were used to return change on food stamp transactions, since federal stamps came in fixed denominations and cash change from a food stamp purchase was prohibited under USDA regulations.
The square format is the distinguishing physical fact here — 69 x 69 mm is an unusual choice that almost certainly served as a deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure, differentiating the scrip from any standard rectangular currency.