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1 Shi Liang - Jiangsu Province Food Stamps
| Issuer | Jiangsu Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Value | 1 Shi Liang |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge rendered in a linear illustrative style, with buses, lampposts, and flags visible on the roadway; a stylized sunflower motif occupies the left margin. The denomination numeral '0.1' appears at upper left, with the provincial issue name and face value inscribed in Chinese characters, and the date 一九七八年 at the lower portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 1. 本票限在省内流通使用。 2. 本票面额为成品粮，购粮时按规定供应品种购买。 3. 本表不准买卖，严禁伪造，遗失不补。 |
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Chinese provincial food grain coupons — liangpiao — were not currency but ration instruments, administered through the state grain distribution system that ran from 1955 until its formal abolition in 1993. Jiangsu's series are among the more systematically documented, though the 1978 issue predates most Western collector attention to this material, and surviving examples in undamaged condition are less common than their relatively recent vintage might suggest. The coupons were used, folded, and discarded; preservation was not the point.