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2 Shi Liang - Tianjin City Food Stamp
| Issuer | Tianjin Municipal Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Green-toned voucher on pale paper with a guilloche border. Central vignette shows a grey-scale factory scene, flanked by Chinese characters denoting denomination and issuing authority. Year of issue printed in Chinese numerals along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 天津市地方粮票 貳市两 一九七二年 (Translation: Tianjin Municipal Local Food Stamp Two Shi Liang (100 grams) Year 1972) |
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Chinese municipal grain rationing coupons occupy a peculiar corner of notaphily — they are neither currency nor bond, but had real purchasing power within their issuing jurisdiction. Tianjin's Municipal Grain Bureau administered a citywide ration system that persisted from the mid-1950s well into the reform era, and 1972 places this coupon squarely in the late Cultural Revolution period, when central planning of food distribution was enforced with particular rigidity.
The shi liang — roughly 50 grams — was the standard unit of grain measurement used across Chinese municipal ration systems. Two shi liang is a small allocation, suggesting these were used for incremental top-up purchases rather than bulk monthly rations.