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10 Kilograms - Food Stamp Xinzhou County, Hubei
| Issuer | Xinzhou County Food Administration, Hubei Province |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Value | 10 Kilograms |
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| Obverse description | Printed in golden ink, the vignette presents a rural agricultural scene with a tractor working in a rice field alongside a stalk of rice. Inscriptions in black overprint identify the issuing county and the grain denomination, with an official validation stamp in red ink applied to the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 新洲县购粮券 农业口粮 拾公斤 一九九〇年 月当月有效过期作废 (Translation: Xinzhou County Food Stamp 10 Gong Jin (10 Kilograms) Valid for current month in 1990 expires at end of month) |
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Chinese county-level food administration offices issued grain and oil ration coupons (粮票) through the planned economy system, with individual counties printing their own denominations independently of national standards. Xinzhou County, situated in Hubei's Dongting Lake basin region, was a significant rice-producing area, which makes a 10-kilogram denomination practical rather than ceremonial — this was a working agricultural coupon, not a commemorative issue.
By 1990 the national rationing system was already being dismantled piecemeal, with coastal and urban markets liberalizing ahead of rural counties. Coupons issued this late frequently saw limited actual use before the system collapsed entirely in 1993.