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10 Shi Jin - Food Stamp Guangzhou City, Guangdong
| Issuer | Guangzhou City Grain Bureau (广州市粮食局) |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | 广州市专用粮票 拾市斤 1980 (Translation: Guangzhou City Special Food Stamp 10 Shi Jin (10 kilograms)) |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 一. 本票只限于本市居民购买粮食及粮食制品流通使用，遗失不予补发。 二. 本票不得伪造、涂改和易物转卖牟利，违者依法严处。 广州市粮食局 (Translation: Instructions for Use 1. This voucher is for use only by residents of this city to purchase grain and grain products; lost vouchers will not be reissued. 2. This voucher must not be counterfeited, altered, or traded for profit; violators will be punished according to law. Guangzhou City Grain Bureau) |
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Chinese grain ration coupons (粮票, liángpiào) were a direct instrument of the planned economy's household registration system — you could only redeem them in the administrative unit that issued them, which made coupons from one province useless in another. Guangzhou's municipal coupons were particularly restricted in this way, valid only within city limits rather than across Guangdong province as a whole.
The national ration coupon system was abolished in 1993, after which most surviving stocks were pulped or discarded. Small municipal denominations like this 10 shi jin issue were the least likely to be retained.