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½ Jin - Heilongjiang Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Heilongjiang Province Grain Bureau (黑龙江省粮食局) |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Light purple paper with dark purple letterpress printing; a vignette of wheat harvesting in a field occupies the left portion, with the denomination in stylized seal script at right. The provincial title 黑龙江省粮票 is centered at top, numeral 0.5 appears at upper left, and the issue year 1978 is centered at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Dark purple guilloche underprint on light purple paper with red fine-line wavy underprint throughout; denomination numerals 0.5 appear in diamond cartouches at left and right, flanked by decorative grain-ear vignettes. Three clauses of usage stipulations in Chinese are printed centrally, overlaid by a circular red official seal of the Grain Bureau (粮食局) at centre. |
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Chinese provincial food ration coupons (粮票) were a direct instrument of the planned economy — not money, but with the practical weight of currency for anyone needing to eat. Heilongjiang Province, bordering the Soviet Union and historically a major grain-producing region, issued its own series independently of the national system administered by the Ministry of Food. The ½ jin denomination targets the smallest practical allocation unit, used for individual meal portions rather than household rationing.
By 1978, China's coupon system was entering its third decade of operation, still years away from the gradual provincial phase-outs that followed market liberalization in the 1980s and 1990s. National abolition came in 1993.