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20 Shi Jin - Fine Grains Stamp Kaifeng City, Henan
| Issuer | Kaifeng City Grain Bureau, Henan Province |
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| Year | 1983-1993 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Pink guilloche underprint on blue-bordered paper; two-clause usage stipulation text in Chinese characters occupies the central field. A large circular official red ink seal with a central five-pointed star is applied over the text at centre. |
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| Protection type | Official seal |
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Grain ration coupons issued by municipal and county-level grain bureaus were a direct product of China's unified grain procurement and rationing system, which remained in force from 1953 until its final abolition in 1993. Kaifeng, as a prefectural-level city in Henan — one of China's principal wheat-producing provinces — administered its own parallel coupon series distinct from national-issue grain tickets, valid only within the city's jurisdiction.
The ten-year validity window printed on this coupon reflects the mid-reform period, when the state distribution system was already contracting but had not yet collapsed. By 1993, urban grain markets were effectively liberalized, and most remaining stocks of municipal coupons like this one were withdrawn and pulped rather than redeemed.