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500 Grams - Noodle Stamp Hanting District, Shandong
| Issuer | Hanting District Food Bureau, Shandong |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Currency | Yuan Renminbi (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green ink, the face carries a central vignette of a grain ear and basket motif alongside a stylized 'Feng' (豐) character as underprint. Denomination '500克 (壹市斤)' and issuing authority text are rendered in black letterpress. An official circular seal of the Hanting District Food Bureau, incorporating a red five-pointed star, is applied in red ink. |
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| Obverse lettering | 寒亭区面食券 500克 (壹市斤) 随粮票有效 不单独使用 1991 (Translation: Hanting District Noodle Stamp 500 Grams (One Shi Jin) Valid with food stamps Not used alone 1991) |
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Chinese local food ration coupons of the reform era are among the most underappreciated ephemera in notaphily. This 500-gram noodle stamp from Hanting District — a county-level area within Weifang, Shandong — was issued by the district Food Bureau under the grain rationing system that the central government had maintained since the 1950s. By 1991 the national ration infrastructure was already being dismantled province by province, making late-issue district-level coupons like this one short-lived instruments, often redeemed in small quantities and rarely preserved.
Shandong abolished its urban grain rationing system in 1993, so this coupon had at most two years of functional life.