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1 Shi Jin - Food Stamp Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
| Issuer | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in black letterpress of a shepherd herding a large flock of sheep across open grassland, with an industrial building visible on the horizon. To the right, the denomination 壹市斤 is printed in large characters over an orange ornamental guilloche rosette flanked by numeral "1" medallions. The date 1980 appears in a decorative teal border panel at the foot, with Mongolian script running along the top above the Chinese title inscription. |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 一、本票只限在自治区范围内购买各种粮食和粮食制成品。 二、本票面额为成品粮。 三、本票不准买卖，涂改无效，遗失不补。 (Translation: Instructions for use 1. This coupon is valid only for the purchase of various grains and processed grain products within the autonomous region. 2. The face value of this coupon is for processed grain. 3. This coupon may not be bought or sold; alterations render it void and lost coupons will not be replaced.) |
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Chinese grain ration coupons (liangpiao) were a cornerstone of the planned economy's distribution system, and Inner Mongolia's regional series reflects the particular administrative complexity of a jurisdiction that was carved up and reassigned between provinces during the Cultural Revolution — only restored to its full boundaries in 1979, just one year before this coupon was issued. The Grain Bureau series that followed was, in a real sense, the bureaucratic reassertion of regional identity through commodity control.
The shi jin denomination — half a jin, roughly 250 grams — was the smallest practical unit in most provincial grain coupon systems, covering a single modest meal.