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2 Shi Liang - Jilin Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Jilin Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Blue ground with a central vignette of a dam. A rectangular orange seal to the right bears Chinese inscription. The denomination and issuing authority are printed in horizontal bands across the top in Chinese characters, with the year 1975 at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | 吉林省地方粮票 貳市两 1975 (Translation: Jilin Province Food Stamp 2 Shi Liang (100 grams) 1975) |
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Chinese provincial food stamps (粮票) were not currency in any banking sense — they were rationing instruments issued under the planned economy, required alongside cash to purchase grain at state prices. Without the appropriate regional stamp, money alone bought nothing. Jilin Province, as a major grain-producing region in the northeast, ran one of the larger provincial rationing systems, with denominations calibrated to the shi liang (市两), a traditional weight unit equal to one-sixteenth of a jin.
The 2 shi liang denomination is among the smallest issued — roughly 6.25 grams of grain allowance, reflecting how precisely the state controlled individual consumption at the household level. The national rationing system that made these necessary was not fully abolished until 1993.