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500 Grams - Jiangsu Province Food Stamp
| Issuer | Jiangsu Province Food Bureau |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Obverse lettering | 江苏省地方粮票 伍佰克 一九八六 (Translation: Jiangsu Province Local Food Stamp Five Hundred Ke (500 grams) 1986) |
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| Reverse lettering | 使用说明 1. 本票限在省内流通使用 2. 本票面额为成品粮，购买时按规定供应品种购买。 3. 本票不准买卖，严禁伪造，遗失不补。 (Translation: Instructions for Use 1. This voucher is limited to circulation within the province. 2. The denomination of this voucher is for processed grain, to be purchased according to regulated supply categories. 3. This voucher may not be bought or sold, counterfeiting is strictly prohibited, and lost vouchers will not be replaced.) |
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Chinese provincial food ration coupons are among the most overlooked collectibles in East Asian paper ephemera. Jiangsu's grain bureau issued these through a rationing infrastructure that had been in place since the mid-1950s, and they remained in active use until the national ration system was formally abolished in 1993 — meaning this 1986 piece was produced well into the reform era, when market liberalization was already eroding the system's practical necessity.
Jiangsu coupons from this period circulated at the county and municipal level and were not valid across provincial borders — a deliberate restriction that made hoarding across regions nearly impossible.