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THE 1940’S WAR RATIONS / FOOD

It is hard for us to imagine a time where we would not to be able to go to the store and buy anything we want whenever we want. Yet during the 1940’s that is what happened to our country. Families were issued ration books for each member of the family, to be used only by that family. A description of the person the book was issued to was right on the cover.

Inside these books were coupons that specified which ration item you could buy. In Book 3 images of military equipment were on the coupons. I have no idea what items were bought with each type of stamp.

Starting in Book 4 some coupons specified on the coupon coffee, flour (picture of wheat) Note the green stamp is the arm of the Statue of Liberty.

One item found with the ration books I found no information on was these cardboard coins. Do you know there use? If so let me know!

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