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5 Shi Jin - Hebei Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Hebei Province Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | 河北省粮票 伍市斤 1980 (Translation: Hebei Province Food Stamp 5 Shi Jin (2500 grams) 1980) |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 1、本票限在省内流通使用，可购买粮食及粮食制成品。 2、本票面额为成品粮，购粮时，按当地粮食部门规定的供应品种购买。 3、本票不准买卖，不准涂改，严禁伪造，遗失不补。 (Translation: Instructions for Use 1. This ticket is for circulation within the province only and may be used to purchase grain and grain products. 2. The face value is for processed grain; when purchasing grain, buy according to the supply varieties stipulated by the local grain authority. 3. This ticket may not be bought or sold, altered, counterfeited; no replacement will be issued if lost.) |
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Provincial food stamps (liangpiao) were not currency but state-administered rationing instruments, issued under the planned economy to control grain allocation alongside the national grain coupon system. Hebei's 1980 series was issued by the provincial grain bureau at a moment when the household responsibility system was already quietly dismantling the collective agriculture that made rationing necessary in the first place — within a decade, most provincial grain stamps would be formally abolished.
The shi jin denomination (half a jin, approximately 250 grams) reflects fine-grained rationing at the household level. These small-denomination stamps were used heavily and rarely saved, making intact survivors uncommon.