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From: capener@hplabs.UUCP (Chris Capener)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: small print on shopping coupons "cash value 1/100 of 1 cent"
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 15:29:23 EST
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> [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