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1 Shijin - Liaoning Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Liaoning Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 辽宁省地方粮票 壹市斤 1974 (Translation: Liaoning Province Local Food Stamps 1 shijin) |
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| Protection description | Small circular official red ink stamp impressed on the reverse text panel. |
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Chinese provincial food ration coupons of this period were not currency in any banking sense — they were administrative instruments issued under the planned economy's grain allocation system, entitling the bearer to purchase a fixed quantity of food grain at state-controlled prices. A shijin equals half a kilogram. This particular coupon originates from Liaoning, an industrially dense northeastern province that was a priority allocation zone under Maoist economic planning.
These coupons were non-transferable by rule, though informal exchange was widespread. The 1974 date places it squarely within the Cultural Revolution period, when provincial grain bureaus operated under considerable political scrutiny.