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1 Shi Liang - Shandong Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Shandong Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Size | 74 x 30 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 山东省粮票 壹市两 1984 |
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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。 |
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Chinese provincial food stamps (liangpiao) occupy an odd space in collectibles — they are neither currency nor coupons in the Western sense, but state-issued ration instruments that functioned as a parallel allocation system running alongside cash for nearly four decades. Shandong's Grain Bureau issued stamps at the shi liang level — roughly 50 grams of grain equivalent — to control distribution at the finest denominations of the ration hierarchy.
By 1984 the national rationing apparatus was already creaking under early reform-era pressures. Full abolition came in 1993.