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2 Shi Jin - Sichuan Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Sichuan Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 四川省粮票 貳市斤 1973 (Translation: Sichuan Province Food Stamp Two Shi Jin (1 kg) 1973) |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 一、凭本票在全省范围内购买各种粮食和粮食制成品。 二、购粮时，按当地粮食部门规定的供应品种购买。 三、本票面额以十进位称计算，每十两为一市斤。 四、本票不准买卖、伪造、涂改，如有遗失，概不补发。 (Translation: Instructions 1. This stamp may be used to purchase all kinds of grains and grain products throughout the province. 2. When purchasing grain, buy according to the varieties available as stipulated by the local grain department. 3. The denomination is calculated in decimal weight; every ten liang equals one shi jin. 4. This stamp may not be bought, sold, forged or altered; if lost, no replacement will be issued.) |
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Chinese provincial food stamps (liangpiao) occupied an uncomfortable middle ground — not currency, but functionally essential. Sichuan's grain rationing system, administered through the provincial Grain Bureau rather than any banking authority, produced stamps like this one to control rice and grain allocations during a period when the state still maintained strict household registration controls over food supply. The Cultural Revolution had badly disrupted distribution networks, and provincial grain bureaus operated with considerable autonomy in how they designed and issued their own ration instruments.
The "shi jin" unit — market catties — reflects the traditional Chinese weight system that the PRC retained for domestic food rationing long after metrication elsewhere. Two shi jin is a modest allocation, suggesting this denomination was for supplementary rather than primary ration use.