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500 Grams - Food Stamp Shaoyang, Hunan
| Issuer | Shaoyang City Grain Bureau, Hunan Province |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 500 Grams |
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| Obverse description | A landscape vignette occupies the right portion of the coupon, illustrating the Beita Pagoda (Northern Pagoda) of Shaoyang set against the banks of the Zi River. To the left, the face value is enclosed within a decorative blue cartouche framed by fine guilloche borders. The denomination and issuing city name are inscribed in Chinese characters above and below the vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | 邵阳市粮票 500g 伍佰克 (壹市斤) 一九八九 (Translation: Shaoyang City Grain Coupons 500 g (1 Shi Jin) 1989) |
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Chinese local grain ration coupons — liangpiao — were administered at the municipal and county level throughout the planned economy period, with issuing authorities ranging from provincial bureaus down to individual work units. Shaoyang, an inland prefectural city in Hunan, issued its own series independently of provincial coupons, meaning this piece was only valid within the city's own distribution network. The system was officially abolished nationally in 1993, making 1989 a late-period issue with only a few years of active use before the entire apparatus was dismantled.