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Variable Cent - Food Stamp Scrip Super Dollar Market
| Issuer | Super Dollar Market #1, Greeneville |
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| Size | 140 x 78 mm |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-tinted scrip printed in black letterpress on plain paper, divided horizontally by a dashed perforation line into two equal sections. Each section carries a numbered value grid along the left edge (0 through 00) and issuer identification at right; the upper half bears the due bill legend and validity condition, the lower half serves as the cashier receipt stub. |
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| Obverse lettering | DUE BILL FOR FOOD STAMP PLAN VALID ONLY IF PUNCHED TWICE CASHIER RECEIPT SUPER DOLLAR MARKET #1 Greeneville No. xxxx SUPER DOLLAR MARKET #1 Greeneville No. xxxx |
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Food stamp scrip of this type occupied a peculiar regulatory gap. Federal food stamp rules required participating retailers to make change for purchases paid with coupons, but prohibited giving change in U.S. currency — so stores like Super Dollar Market issued their own fractional scrip redeemable only against future food stamp purchases. The "Variable Cent" designation indicates denominations were filled in or adjusted at point of issue rather than pre-printed, a cost-saving measure common among small independent grocers running their own scrip programs.
These pieces rarely left the immediate community and were seldom saved. Greeneville, Tennessee examples are genuinely local artifacts — the program ended when federal regulations were revised to eliminate the change-making requirement entirely.