This is a specimen sample of a 10-dollar food coupon from 1995. Food coupons, colloquially known as food stamps, is a program administered by the Department of Agriculture to help alleviate hunger and improve food distribution in the United States. The coupons are high-quality intaglio engraved one-sided notes printed on watermarked currency paper. They are slightly smaller in size than U. S. currency.
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