Paper Food Stamp

Like food stamp tokens located here. Can Paper Exonumia have a Food Stamp category for these.

Great Idea, these are probably the largest quantity of paper exonumia of any category, so should have their own category as the tokens do

Hello,

My understanding is that there are actually 2 distinct types of vouchers:

• Actual food stamps: you get the stamp from some authority, and you can redeem it in some store to get food. Example: N#237682
• Food stamp credit slips: you get the stamp as change when spending an actual food stamp at a store. You can redeem it to purchase food again in the future at the same store. Example: N#329810

Are the above definitions correct? Do you agree we should create these 2 categories? 

Actual food stamps would be a sub-category of “Ration coupons”. Food stamp credit slips would be a sub-category of “Trade vouchers”.

Hi Xavier,

yes, that's correct as far as it goes, but it depends how technical you want to get, as some people would argue for 3 categories as follows:-

1. Food Ration vouchers you exchange for specific food e.g. a pound of flour or 6 eggs specifically
2. Food Coupons - which are usually issued by Govt. body/ authority; have a cash value and don't specify what you buy (but may specify exclusions) - can be redeemed anywhere
3. Food Stamp change scrip - the vouchers issued & given by a store as change in return for an unspent Food Coupon - can only be redeemed at that specific named store

So what you have described is items 2 & 3 from above and I'd agree with your recommendations. 

The language gets mixed up by users however, so I'd use the following terminology… 

• items from group 1 'Food Ration Vouchers' … would be a sub-category of “Ration coupons”. 

• items from group 2 ‘Food Coupons’ could be a separate sub-category of Trade vouchers (none currently on Numnista but photos attached)

and from group 3 ‘Food stamp Credit scrip’ (change) would also be another separate sub-category of “Trade vouchers”.

If three groupings is too much, then I'd just go with…

1. ‘Food Ration Vouchers’ as a sub-category of Ration Tokens and 
2. ‘Food Stamp Credit Vouchers’ as a sub-category of Trade Vouchers

Regards

Cary

When I made this request I was the referee for USA Paper Exonumia. I no longer am a referee for that section. I am not a paper Exonumia collector and feel that @onecentis more knowledgeable on the subject than I.