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500 Grams - Coarse Grains Stamp Zibo, Shandong
| Issuer | Zibo City Grain Bureau, Shandong Province |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Pink guilloche underprint covers the field, framed by a dark geometric border with decorative corner panels. Three numbered clauses of usage instructions are printed in Chinese. A red circular control stamp reading 淄博市 is applied over the text. Denomination 500g appears in the upper-left and lower-right corners. |
| Reverse lettering | 一、凭本票在全市范围内购买粗粮及其制成品。 二、本票面额为粗品用粮。 三、本票不准买卖，涂改无效。 淄博市 500g |
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Grain ration coupons issued by municipal-level grain bureaus were a structural feature of China's planned distribution system, which persisted in many cities well past the reforms of the 1980s. Zibo, an industrial center in central Shandong built substantially around its ceramics and petrochemical sectors, maintained localized grain allocation well into the early 1990s — a sign of how unevenly market liberalization reached different parts of the country. National grain rationing was formally abolished in 1993, making 1990 issues like this one among the final cohort of municipal coupons produced before the system collapsed.