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15 Kilogram - Food Stamp Shashi City, Hubei
| Issuer | Shashi City Grain Bureau, Hubei Province |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Size | 79 x 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green ink on light green paper. Title inscription at top, denomination numeral and official red seal at left, vignette of a tall building at right, and year date below. |
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| Obverse lettering | 沙市市地方粮票 15公斤 1989 (Translation: Shashi Food Stamp 15 Gōng Jin (15 Kilograms) 1989) |
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Chinese local grain ration coupons of the late 1980s occupy an awkward administrative moment — the national rationing system introduced in 1955 was already being dismantled piecemeal as market reforms accelerated, yet municipal grain bureaus continued issuing their own denominated scrip well into 1989 and beyond, often operating on schedules entirely out of step with provincial or central policy. Shashi, a mid-sized Yangtze River port city in Hubei, maintained its own separate allocation infrastructure distinct from neighboring Jingzhou.
The 15-kilogram denomination is on the heavier end for single coupons in this system, suggesting institutional or workplace canteen use rather than individual household distribution.