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2 Shi Jin - Liaoning Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Liaoning Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Size | 88 x 33 mm |
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| Reverse description | Blue guilloche border with numeral '2' in ornamental cartouches at left and right. Central panel carries usage instructions in two numbered clauses under the heading 使用说明, with a red circular control stamp overlaid on the text. |
| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 一、凭本票在本省范围国内，可购买粮食及粮食制成品。 二、本票严禁买卖、伪造、涂改。遗失不补。 (Translation: Instructions for Use 1. This ticket may be used within this province to purchase grain and grain products. 2. Trading, forging or altering this ticket is strictly prohibited. No replacement will be issued if lost.) |
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Chinese provincial food ration coupons of this type were administrative instruments, not currency — they entitled the bearer to purchase a specific grain allocation at a state-controlled price and were non-transferable in theory, though a black market for coupons operated openly in most provinces throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Liaoning, as a heavy industrial province, maintained a tightly administered grain rationing system well into the reform period; coupons like this one continued circulating alongside the market liberalization that was theoretically rendering them obsolete.
The control stamp is the only authentication measure, which made counterfeiting straightforward. Ration coupons were formally abolished nationally in 1993.