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1 Shi Jin - Xiangtan City Food Stamp Xiangtan, Hunan
| Issuer | Xiangtan City Grain Bureau, Hunan Province |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Size | 80 x 33 mm |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with a red ornamental border incorporating stylised floral corner pieces. The heading 使用说明 (Instructions for Use) is set at top centre, followed by four numbered clauses of text. A circular red official seal of the Xiangtan City Grain Bureau is impressed at centre. |
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| Protection type | Official seal |
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Chinese local grain rationing coupons of this period were administrative instruments, not currency — they entitled the holder to purchase a specific quantity of grain from state-run outlets and were invalid outside their issuing municipality. Xiangtan, a mid-sized Hunan industrial city, administered its own allotment system separately from provincial-level coupons, meaning this coupon was worthless the moment you crossed the city boundary. The "shi jin" denomination indicates a weight measure, not a monetary value: ten Chinese jin, roughly five kilograms of grain.
1975 falls squarely within the late Cultural Revolution period, when rationing infrastructure was deeply entangled with work-unit politics and household registration. The official seal is the primary anti-counterfeiting mechanism — a low bar, but counterfeiting grain coupons carried severe consequences.