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5000 Grams - Fine Grains Stamp Zibo, Shandong
| Issuer | Zibo City Grain Bureau (淄博市粮食局) |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a crawler tractor pulling agricultural equipment across a field, with two workers visible behind. Left border carries a vertical ornamental guilloche panel in rose-red with a denomination numeral cartouche reading 5000. To the right, a large orange floral underprint overlaid with the value inscription 伍仟克 (5公斤). Date 1991 appears in a decorative frame along the bottom border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 一、凭本票在全市范围内购买细粮及其制成品。 二、本票面额为成品粮。 三、本票不准买卖、涂改无效。 淄博市粮食局 |
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China's grain rationing system, administered through local grain bureaus, persisted well into the reform era — Zibo City in Shandong was still issuing physical ration stamps in 1991, more than a decade after Deng Xiaoping's market liberalization began dismantling the planned economy elsewhere. These stamps functioned as a parallel currency for a single commodity, redeemable only within the issuing district.
The 5000-gram denomination is among the heavier allocations in typical municipal grain stamp series, likely intended for bulk household or institutional use rather than routine individual purchases.