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10 Shi Jin - Hunan Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Hunan Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Obverse description | Green and orange letterpress coupon with a decorative border of scrollwork and floral guilloche. Central vignette shows mechanised agricultural harvesters working across a grain field. The denomination 拾市斤 appears in large green characters at right within an ornate rosette underprint, with the numeral 10 at lower left and the year 1974 in a framed cartouche at bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | Green guilloche border with wheat-ear vignettes flanking both sides and octagonal numeral 10 medallions at left and right. The central field carries three clauses of usage instructions in Chinese beneath the heading 使用说明, over a red diagonal-line underprint. A circular red official seal of the local Revolutionary Committee Grain Bureau is applied at centre. |
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Chinese provincial food stamps — liangpiao — were not currency but state-rationing instruments, issued by grain bureaus to control access to staple foods under the planned economy. This Hunan example dates from the middle of the Cultural Revolution, when centralized distribution networks were under significant administrative strain and local grain bureaus operated with considerable autonomy in their printing and issuance practices. The 10 shi jin denomination (approximately 5 kilograms) was a practical mid-range unit, typically used for monthly household allocations rather than single transactions.
These stamps were voided or destroyed at the point of redemption, making intact survivors genuinely uncommon.