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2 Liang - Sesame Oil Stamp Zibo City
| Issuer | Zibo Municipal Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned paper with an overall green letterpress print. The title inscription 淄博市香油票 (Zibo City Sesame Oil Coupon) runs across the top in bold Chinese characters, below which a central guilloche-style oval cartouche carries the denomination characters 貳兩 (Two Liang). A numeral value box reading 0.2 appears to the left, and a red circular official seal bearing a five-pointed star is affixed to the right. Scalloped border ornaments frame the upper and lower edges, with the issue date 1982·10 printed at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0.2 香油票使用说明 1. 本票全市统用,出市无领。 2. 本票不挂买卖,涂改无效,遗失不补。 (Translation: 0.2 Instructions for Use of Sesame Oil Coupons 1. This coupon is valid citywide and cannot be redeemed outside the city. 2. This coupon is not for sale; alterations render it invalid; lost coupons will not be replaced.) |
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A local sesame oil ration coupon issued by the Zibo Municipal Grain Bureau — not a banknote in any conventional sense, but collected alongside Chinese local commodity coupons from the planned economy period. During the early 1980s, edible oil allocation in Chinese cities was tightly controlled through the grain bureau system, with sesame oil treated as a premium commodity warranting its own separate coupon rather than inclusion in the general edible oil ration book. Zibo, as an industrial city in Shandong, had a substantial urban workforce whose rations were administered at the municipal level.
Locally printed pieces like this were produced in small quantities and rarely survived beyond their redemption year.