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One Unit - United States Gas Ration Coupon
| Issuer | United States Federal Energy Office |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and gray on plain white paper. A bust portrait of George Washington faces right at the right side of the coupon, with text fields for signature and tag number at left. No security features are present. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is unprinted, with the obverse impression faintly visible in bleed-through. No additional design elements or lettering appear on this side. |
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| Comments |
The Federal Energy Office produced these coupons during the 1973–74 oil embargo but never actually distributed them to the public. Congress refused to authorize a rationing program, leaving the entire printed stock — reportedly numbering in the billions — warehoused and eventually destroyed. The coupons exist today only because small quantities leaked out during or after that disposal process.
Their survival is essentially accidental.