Food Stamps — visual inspection

Use the Food Stamp Identification Handbook with the Magnifying Glass before buying or redeeming a stamp.

What you see → verdict → action

What you see	Verdict	Action
The printed amount is not 40, 80, 120, 160, 200 or 240 Credits.	Counterfeit	Do not buy or redeem it; choose Value Issues and confront the client.
The amount is 160 Credits or more, but the security seal is missing or wrong.	Counterfeit	Choose Seal Issues and confront the client.
The amount is below 160 Credits and a security seal is present.	Counterfeit	Choose Seal Issues and confront the client. Lower denominations have no seal.
The logo or lettering is missing, malformed or does not match the handbook.	Counterfeit	Choose Logo Issues or Lettering Issues, whichever is visible.
The embedded chip is missing or damaged.	Unusable	Choose Chip Issues and confront the client. In this build only counterfeit stamps have a bad chip.

The chip rule is a usability failure, not a reason to invent a different face value. A genuine stamp can have any of the six listed denominations; face value and authenticity are separate checks.

Logo comparison

The game supplies one genuine Food Stamp logo and five visibly different bad variants. These are stamp-logo comparisons, not cigarette logos.

GENUINE — correct logoThe concentric diamond and side lines match the reference. Accept the logo field.

COUNTERFEIT — altered centerThe inner ring pattern is changed and no longer matches. Choose Logo Issues.

COUNTERFEIT — crosshatched centerDense cross-hatching replaces the open central pattern. Choose Logo Issues.

COUNTERFEIT — reduced markThe outer ring and much of the side detail are missing. Choose Logo Issues.

COUNTERFEIT — filled centerThe center is filled turquoise instead of the reference’s fine blue lines. Choose Logo Issues.

COUNTERFEIT — tiny diamondOnly a small diamond and short side strokes remain. Choose Logo Issues.

Seal comparison

GENUINE — golden sealStamps of 160 Credits or more carry this gold seal; lower values have none.

A counterfeit gets the seal wrong in one of two ways: no seal on a stamp of 160 Credits or more, or this same seal on a lower value. Choose Seal Issues for either. The game files also hold a holographic seal, but the demo never draws it.

Sources: StampUI in level1, the in-game Republic Food Stamp handbook, InsStampHelper, and matching declarations in psdump-demo/dump.cs; demo build 049-Rev3-L.