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2500 Grams - Coarse Grains Stamp Zibo, Shandong
| Issuer | Zibo City Grain Bureau (淄博市粮食局) |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Value | 2500 Grams |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a vignette at left centre of an industrial facility with tall refinery towers and intricate pipework rendered in fine line work over a dense guilloche underprint. To the right, three overlapping circular rosettes in gold form a decorative panel bearing the denomination in Chinese characters, with '2500g' appearing at both upper corners and the year '1990' enclosed within a cartouche along the lower ornamental band. The principal title inscription runs across the top register, with the character '粗' (coarse) set centrally in the main field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in deep red-pink tones over a fine guilloche underprint, with large floral medallion vignettes at the left and right margins enclosed within a border of repeating arcaded ornaments. Three numbered clauses of usage regulations are set in Chinese text across the central field, over which a circular red official seal of the Zibo City Grain Bureau is impressed. The denomination '2500g' appears at the upper-left and lower-right corners. |
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Chinese municipal grain ration coupons of this period were administrative instruments, not currency — they entitled the bearer to purchase a fixed weight of coarse grain (粗粮) from designated state supply stations at controlled prices. Zibo, an industrial city in central Shandong built heavily around ceramics and petrochemicals, would have had a substantial workforce dependent on the rationing system well into the reform era. The 1990 date places this coupon in the twilight of that system; national grain rationing was abolished in 1993.
The coarse grain designation is the detail worth noting. By 1990, fine grain (细粮) coupons were more common in urban areas, and coarse grain allocations had been declining for a decade. A 2500-gram denomination suggests bulk household rather than daily-purchase use.