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5 Shi Jin - Food Stamp Nanyang City, Henan
| Issuer | Nanyang City Grain Bureau, Henan Province |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Uniformly orange-printed reverse with a dense wavy-line guilloche underprint and ornamental rosette corner devices bearing the numeral 5. A central circular official seal of the Nanyang City Grain Bureau, with a five-pointed star at centre, is overprinted on the field. Two numbered clauses of usage instructions in Chinese characters are set above and below the seal. |
| Reverse lettering | 说明 一、凭此粮券只准在本市粮食系统购买粮食或粮食制成品出市无效。 二、本粮券系无偿证券，严禁买卖、伪造，遗失不补。 (Translation: Instructions 1. This grain coupon is only valid for purchasing grain or grain products within the city's grain system; it is invalid outside the city. 2. This grain coupon is a non-cash certificate; resale and forgery are strictly prohibited, and no replacement will be issued if lost.) |
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Chinese local grain rations (liangpiao) operated entirely outside the monetary system — they entitled the bearer to a fixed quantity of grain at state-controlled prices and were non-transferable in theory, though a thriving secondary market existed in practice. The "shi jin" unit (市斤, the Chinese market catty, equivalent to 500 grams) was the standard measure used across provincial ration systems, and a 5-shi-jin coupon represented roughly 2.5 kilograms of grain — a meaningful weekly allocation for a single adult under the ration regime.
Henan Province's ration infrastructure was among the most heavily administered in China, given the province's outsized role in state grain procurement. These coupons became void and were officially withdrawn following the dismantling of the urban grain rationing system in the early 1990s.