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500 Grams - Cooking Oil Stamp Suzhou, Anhui
| Issuer | Suzhou City People's Government (宿州市人民政府) |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 500 Grams Cooking Oil |
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| Obverse description | The coupon is printed in green and blue on an orange underprint, with geometric border patterns framing the design. A vignette of a cereal plant (wheat or rice) occupies the left side, while the face value of 500 grams is set to the center-right. The issuing authority and year of validity are inscribed in Chinese characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 一. 本票只限在市范围内购买食用油脂。 二. 本票系购买食用油的凭证，严禁买卖、涂改。 三. 本票遗失，概不补发。 |
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Cooking oil ration coupons issued at the municipal level were a routine instrument of China's planned distribution system, which persisted well into the reform era even as market liberalization accelerated elsewhere in the economy. Suzhou — the Anhui prefecture, not the Jiangsu city — administered its own allotments independently of provincial-level coupons, meaning these local issues were strictly non-transferable outside the municipality's jurisdiction.
By 1988, national edible oil rationing was already winding down in coastal and wealthier inland provinces, but Anhui lagged. This coupon represents the tail end of a system that had been in continuous operation since the early 1950s.