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5 Shi Jin - Hubei Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Hubei Province Revolutionary Committee - Grain Bureau |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge rendered in fine line engraving against a plain ground. Denomination numeral "5" appears at upper left and right corners, with the large Chinese characters 伍市斤 at left. A rosette underprint in orange anchors the left side, with a guilloche border running along the base. Year 1976 is inscribed at bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | Pale pink guilloche underprint fills the field, overlaid with three lines of black letterpress text setting out the conditions of use. A circular official red intaglio-style seal of the Hubei Province Revolutionary Committee Grain Bureau is applied at centre, partially overlapping the text. Denomination numeral "5" appears at lower left within the border. |
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Chinese provincial food rations stamps (粮票, liángpiào) were not currency but had the practical force of it — without them, grain purchases at state stores were simply impossible regardless of cash held. Hubei Province issued its own series independently of the national system administered by the State Grain Bureau in Beijing, meaning these stamps were non-transferable outside provincial borders by design.
The 1976 dating places this squarely in the final months of the Cultural Revolution, before Mao's death in September of that year triggered the political shifts that would eventually dismantle the rationing apparatus entirely by 1993.