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5 Kilo - Food Stamp Wuhan City, Hubei
| Issuer | Wuhan City Grain Bureau, Hubei Province |
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| Year | 1989-1990 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Buff-toned paper printed in brown ink with small green and pink rosette underprints at upper corners flanking the title inscription. Large denomination characters at left are set against a radiating guilloche underprint; a vignette at right portrays a mechanized grain harvester working a field. A decorative border band at base encloses the year 1989. |
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| Reverse description | Buff-toned paper printed in brown ink with symmetrical vignettes of grain sheaves flanking three numbered clauses of usage regulations in Chinese. A red circular official seal with a central star is applied over the text at centre. A decorative guilloche band at the base incorporates the year 1989. |
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Chinese municipal grain ration coupons of this period were administrative instruments, not currency — issued through the danwei (work unit) system and redeemable only within the issuing city. Wuhan's Grain Bureau coupons from 1989–1990 fall squarely in the twilight of China's rationing infrastructure, which was being dismantled province by province through the early 1990s as market reforms took hold. Hubei had begun liberalizing grain prices by 1992, rendering coupons like this one administratively obsolete within a few years of issue.
The narrow strip format was deliberate — easy to bundle, perforate from sheets, and distribute through neighborhood grain stations.