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25 Shi Jin - Coarse Grains Stamp Siping City
| Issuer | Siping City Food Bureau (四平市粮食局) |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Reverse description | Uniform rose-red letterpress design on plain paper. A central oval panel headed 使用说明 (Instructions for Use) contains two clauses of usage regulations in Chinese, overlaid by a circular red official seal bearing a five-pointed star. Large stylised floral rosettes occupy each corner within a geometric border. |
| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 一、本票只限在市内各粮油食品经营部购买粮食或制成品使用。 二、本票严禁买卖、伪造或涂改，遗失不补。 |
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Chinese grain ration coupons (粮票) were a direct instrument of the planned economy's rationing apparatus, issued at national, provincial, and municipal levels simultaneously — each valid only within its own administrative jurisdiction. A Siping City coupon like this one could not be used outside Siping, which made travel in the reform-era 1980s a logistical exercise in coupon management. By 1987, the system was already eroding; market liberalization had begun undermining the rationale for municipal-level grain control, and many local bureaus issued their final series within a year or two of this date.
The "coarse grains" (粗粮) designation reflects a genuine nutritional hierarchy enforced by the state — fine grain (精粮) quotas were smaller and more prized.