Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hplabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amd!hplabs!capener From: capener@hplabs.UUCP (Chris Capener) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: small print on shopping coupons "cash value 1/100 of 1 cent" Message-ID: <1603@hplabs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 15:29:23 EST Article-I.D.: hplabs.1603 Posted: Wed Feb 13 15:29:23 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 22:44:39 EST References: <1309@ut-ngp.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 15 > [another nut to crack] > > many/most coupons you clip from your paper for soap, soup, or crackers > contain a cryptic statement to such a cash-value. I've tried to get the > poop on it from some stores and the consumer column of our local paper > without any luck. Does anyone know? I have heard the following explaination: By putting a 'face value' on the coupon it falls under monetary laws and is thereby a form of currency. This then discourages anyone from simply duplicating the coupon since that would now constitute fraud and be a case of counterfeiting. C. Capener