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5 Shi Jin - Food Stamp Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
| Issuer | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Grain Bureau (新疆维吾尔自治区粮食局) |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Cream paper coupon printed in brown and pink, with a central green vignette of an industrial facility. The denomination 伍市斤 appears in large brown Chinese characters flanked by pink ornamental panels with Uyghur script below each. A decorative brown guilloche border runs along the bottom, enclosing the year 1971 at centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 1. 凭本票在全自治区范围内，可购买粮食制成品及各种粮食。 2. 本票不准买卖，严禁伪造，涂改无效，遗失不补。 بۇ بىلەت بىلەن قارتونوم رايونىنىڭ ھەممە يەرلىرىدە ئاشلىق بويۇملىرىنى ۋە ھەرخىل ئاشلىقلارنى سېتىۋېلىشقا بولىدۇ. 2. بۇ چەكتىن ئېلىش-سېتىشقا رۇخسەت قىلىنمايدۇ، ياساقلارنى ياماش قانۇنسىز قىلىندۇ، ئۇنىڭدىن ئىبارەت يوقتۇپ قويسا تولۇق بولمايدۇ. 粮食局 |
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Chinese provincial food coupons of this period were not currency but rationed entitlements — this 1971 example from Xinjiang was issued under the national grain rationing system that ran from 1955 until its abolition in 1993. The system required residents to surrender coupons alongside cash at state-owned grain shops; without the coupon, money alone bought nothing. Xinjiang coupons were strictly non-transferable between provinces, a rule enforced to prevent internal migration from straining regional grain allocations during a period when the autonomous region's demographics were being actively managed by Beijing.
The Cultural Revolution was at full intensity in 1971, and regional bureaucracies like the Xinjiang Grain Bureau were operating under extreme institutional pressure. Production quality on coupons from this year is accordingly rough.