Chinese Food Coupons : Intro 0 b

In these series of articles on the Chinese Food / Ration coupons, we will concentrate on the front side of the coupons.
As in most cases, the back side is always similar. Here there are 3 lines, some coupons only have two lines in the back.

Food / Ration coupon

Inscription Content

说明：
（1） 凭本票在西藏地区部队内部就餐或购买粮食。
（2）本票面额的每市斤为十市两。
（3）本票如有遗失不补发。

Inscription Transliteration

Shuoming:
(1) Ping ben piao zai Xizang diqu budui neibu jiu can hou goumai liangshi.
(2) Ben piao mian’e de mei shijin wei shi shiliang.
(3) Ben piao ruyou yishi bu bufa.

Inscription Translation

Instructions:

(1) This ticket may be used within the restricted military area of the Tibetan region to purchase food or grain products.
(2) When using this ticket, 1 shijin comprises 10 shiliang.
(3) Lost tickets will not be replaced.

In most cases, these coupons came in sets up to 30 different values/weights/units.

And most of them are very cheap.
However, since there was often only one coupon per person, they are more scarce then real banknotes.
Therefore, the highest and lowest value of each set are often very hard to find and prices can go up to 3-digit numbers.

Don't spend hundreds of euros/dollars in buying the coupons. They are often available for as low as 10 cents each.

In my next post, i'll go deeper into the different types of coupons.