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2.5 kg - Grain Food Stamp Nanjing Municipal
| Issuer | Nanjing Municipal Grain Bureau (南京市粮食局) |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in orange-red on plain off-white paper, its unadorned layout bearing no guilloche work or vignette. A centred heading introduces two numbered clauses of usage regulations, consistent with the utilitarian character of municipal grain ration vouchers of this period. |
| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 1.本券限在本市流通使用,遗失不补。 2.本券为无价证券,不准买卖伪造。 (Translation: Instructions for Use 1. This voucher is valid only within this city and will not be replaced if lost. 2. This voucher is a non-negotiable security and is prohibited from being bought, sold, or counterfeited.) |
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Grain rationing in China officially began in 1953 and persisted in various forms for nearly four decades, with municipal grain bureaus issuing their own local ration coupons — valid only within their jurisdiction — to prevent cross-regional arbitrage. Nanjing's bureau administered one of the larger urban systems in Jiangsu Province. These coupons were demonetized nationally in 1993 when grain rationing was formally abolished, after which most were discarded or pulped.
The 2.5 kg denomination is among the less common fractional units in municipal grain coupon systems, which more frequently issued in whole-kilogram increments.