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10 Kilogram - Food Stamp Shashi City, Hubei
| Issuer | Shashi City Grain Bureau, Hubei Province |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | 沙市市地方粮票 拾公斤 1989 (Translation: Shashi City Local Food Stamp 10 Gōng Jīn (10 Kilograms) 1989) |
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| Reverse lettering | 一，凭本票在全市范围内，可购买粮食及粮食各种制成品， 二，购买粮食时，均按粮食部门规定的供应办法购买。 三，本票严禁买卖，涂改无效，遗失不补。 (Translation: 1) This note can be used to purchase grain and grain-made products within the city 2) When purchasing, follow all rules of the issuing department 3) This note is prohibited from trading, alteration invalidates, not compensated when lost) |
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Chinese grain ration coupons (liangpiao) were a cornerstone of the planned distribution system that governed daily life from the 1950s onward. By 1989, the national rationing infrastructure was already being dismantled province by province as market reforms accelerated, making late-issue municipal coupons like this one from Shashi — an industrial city on the Yangtze in central Hubei — among the final products of a system in visible retreat. National grain coupons were abolished in 1993.
Shashi's coupons were administered locally, redeemable only within the city's own distribution network, which is why survival rates vary so sharply between neighboring municipalities.