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10 Kilogram - Food Stamp Dangtu County, Anhui
| Issuer | Dangtu County Grain Bureau, Anhui Province |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Obverse lettering | 当涂县购粮专用票 拾公斤 10 1995 (Translation: Dangtu County Special Grain Purchase Stamp 10 Kilograms 10 1995) |
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| Reverse lettering | 月份 使用说明 1. 本票只限随粮证在指定粮站购粮，不流通。 2. 本票按月有效，过期作废； 3. 本票严禁涨卖，用途者没收；遗失不补。 (Translation: Month Usage Instructions 1. This voucher is only valid for grain purchase at designated grain stations together with a grain certificate; not for general circulation. 2. This voucher is valid monthly; expired vouchers are void. 3. Resale of this voucher is strictly prohibited and will result in confiscation; lost vouchers will not be replaced.) |
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Chinese county-level grain bureaus issued ration coupons well into the 1990s, long after the national grain rationing system had officially begun winding down. The central government formally abolished the state grain ration coupon (粮票) system in 1993, but local bureaus in many rural counties — particularly in Anhui Province — continued issuing their own stamps for months or years afterward, managing local distribution networks that had not yet transitioned to open market supply. This Dangtu County piece sits in that gap: technically post-abolition, operationally still necessary.
Anhui had been among the provinces hardest hit by famine during the Great Leap Forward, and the provincial grain bureaucracy remained unusually entrenched as a result.