Vintage 1978-1991 original paper USDA $1.00 coupons in excellent crisp condition. Each purchase includes ten $1.00 USDA Food coupons chosen at random. Some stamps will have a full tail (complete perforated tab on left side of food coupon used to attach to booklet), some will have a partial tail, and some will have no tail. All food stamps will be at least a full note with the perforated left edge complete. Dates will range from 1978-1991 series. Batch numbers and serial numbers are random. Requests for specific notes will be honored. See previous posts for specific food coupon requests. Large quantity purchases can be made in increments of ten, discounts apply for larger quantities.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Coupons were issued to participants of the Food Stamp Program. The program was constantly changing. Many different printers, book sizes, and even sizes of shipping containers are all coded into the design elements of each and every note. The notes issued from 1975-2004 are called Bicentennial Coupons. These were the last coupons in use before the Food Stamp Program was replaced bythe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which exclusively uses electronic benefit cards. The last coupons printed were dated 2000. However, they were printed until 2002 and issued until 2004. The Farm Bill of 2008 directed that all paper coupons be demonetized on July 17th, 2009. It was illegal to buy or sell the coupons from person to person or to buy alcohol and other non grocery items, including gas. When an individual was granted Food Coupons, a booklet valued at a set amount was issued. The only way to legally possess Food Coupons was to be issued by the USDA. Most people who legitimately needed them were approved and could use them for the printed value to help with their monthly food expenses. Once the program participant spent the coupon, the grocers were instructed to stamp the coupon. Making the stamps invalid for additional use. Then, grocers would deposit the coupons into a participating bank. The bank would ship them back to the department of agriculture, which would destroy them after recording the count and location of the stamps sent in. Because most people in the program depended on the supplemental income, almost all of the coupons printed were utilized as intended, ending with their destruction at the USDA. Any coupons that are still in existence are highly collectible. Because of the intended one-time use system surrounding the food coupons, only a fraction of originally printed stamps still exist. Partial notes, bent notes, and folded notes all are sold regularly on various markets. Any coupon still in existence has some value, some more than others. Similar to currency, the quality of the note, the existence of the perforated tab, the serial number as well as the origin of the note all contribute to the value. Today, they are completely demonetized and legal to own and resale on the collectors market. Like paper money and other like items of age, importance, historical significance, and rarity. Currency collectors and collectors alike look for 1 of 1 notes with errors, unique serial numbers, early serial numbers, uncirculated gem quality notes, and more.