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Chengdu City Egg Supply Certificate
| Issuer | Chengdu City Food Bureau |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Size | 80 x 24 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 成都市鸡蛋专供证 壹号 一九八九年 蛋 鸡蛋 专供证 1 一九八九 (Translation: Chengdu City egg supply certificate No. 1 1989 Egg Egg Supply certificate 1 1989) |
| Reverse description | Unprinted cream paper with no text or design elements. |
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China's rationing apparatus persisted well into the reform era, and municipal food bureaus retained authority over staple commodities long after the broader economy had begun liberalizing. This Chengdu certificate belongs to that late-ration period — by 1989, egg rationing in most major Chinese cities was nearing its end, making this an issue from the final years of a system that had governed everyday food access since the 1950s. Sichuan Province had begun loosening food controls earlier than some regions, which gives this particular certificate a somewhat anomalous position in the chronology.