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½ Shi Jin · Henan Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Henan Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1972-1975 |
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| In circulation to | 1 January 1976 |
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| Obverse description | Brown-toned paper with black letterpress text; a vignette of a long arched bridge occupies the centre field. The title inscription runs across the top and the denomination is stated below in Chinese characters, with the year of issue at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 河南省流动粮票 半市折 1975 (Translation: Mobile Foodstamp in Henan Province Half Shi Jin (250 grams) 1975) |
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Chinese provincial food stamps (liangpiao) occupy a strange corner between currency and rationing instrument — they had real purchasing power for grain but could not be spent outside their issuing province, and in some cases not outside the issuing county. Henan's series from this period was administered through the grain bureau network during the height of planned-economy rationing, when virtually every staple was controlled by allocation rather than price.
Half a shi jin — roughly 250 grams — is among the smallest denominations issued anywhere in the system. A unit this small suggests the stamps were used to balance ration book accounts to the last fraction, not as primary allocation instruments.