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½ Shi Jin - Shandong Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Shandong Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 0.5 山东省粮票 半市斤 1971 (Translation: 0.5 Shandong Province food stamps Half Shi Jin 1971) |
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| Reverse lettering | 山东省粮票说明 一、凭本票在本省购买粮食及粮食制成品。 二、本票面额系成品粮，每十市两为一市斤。 三、本票不准买卖、涂改无效、遗失不补。 (Translation: Shandong Province Food Stamp Instructions 1. This ticket may be used to purchase grain and grain products within this province. 2. The denomination of this ticket is processed grain; ten market taels equal one market catty. 3. This ticket may not be sold; alterations render it invalid; losses will not be compensated.) |
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Chinese provincial food stamps (粮票, liángpiào) were ration coupons, not currency, yet they functioned as a parallel exchange medium throughout the planned economy period. Shandong's grain bureau issued these at the height of the Cultural Revolution, when centralized rationing controlled virtually all staple food access. Without the correct provincial coupon, a traveler could not purchase grain products even if they held cash.
The ½ shi jin denomination — half a market catty, roughly 250 grams — represents the smallest practical ration unit, intended for fine-grained allocation control rather than bulk distribution.