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50 Grams - Food Stamp Wuhan City, Hubei
| Issuer | Wuhan City Grain Bureau, Hubei Province |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 50 Grams |
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| Reverse description | Symmetrical design in red on cream paper with two vignettes of grain sheaves rising from lotus bases at left and right margins, set against a fine woven guilloche underprint. A circular official seal with a red star at centre occupies the middle of the field, surrounded by three numbered clauses of usage instructions in Chinese. The year '1989' appears in a solid red cartouche at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 武汉市粮食局 一、此券只在武汉市范围内可购买粮食及各种粮食制品； 二、购买粮食须按国家有关部门规定的品种和价格购买； 三、本票户籍两用，当月有效，逾期不补。 1989 |
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Chinese grain ration coupons of this type were administrative instruments, not currency — issued through the state distribution system to control per-capita access to staple foods during the planned economy period. Wuhan, as a major inland industrial city, maintained its own municipal-level grain bureau separate from provincial allocation, giving it authority to issue coupons valid only within city limits. The 50-gram denomination is one of the smallest fractional units issued, used primarily to account for supplemental rations beyond the standard monthly allotment.
By 1989 the national coupon system was already contracting as market reforms expanded, making late-issue examples like this somewhat transitional — printed and distributed even as the infrastructure around them was being dismantled. Full abolition of grain rationing came in 1993.