I was recently given a ton, ok maybe 3 dozen, of these little notes. Most all of them are different designs, alot of different denominations and several dates (and some with no dates). I tried doing a search on google looking for a site that talkes about the notes. i am trying to find what each coupon was used for, what dates they were issued (for those with no date printed on the note), and what notes were issued but i may not yet have. anyone know 'anything' about these China Food Ration coupons?? Any good site that goes into a good level of detail, or maybe even a book that describes them all?? i know this is kind of an odd subject, but would appreciate any leads on help!!!
Hopefully someone knows something. I've got quite a few of these & it would be nice to know more about them.
are you talking about these? http://www.banknotes.com/cnrc60.htm http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Money/China-PRC-money-ration-choices.html http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Money/money-PRC-01R.html I have some as well, dont know much about them, there are plenty to be had
yes Drusus. Those are the only two sites i found that even mentioned the Food Ration notes and show pictures. I need to find a place that itemizes all the different types. Kind of like a checklist i could use. Thanks for checking into it for me that on site paulnoll.com says this below each note "This coupon allows the bearer to buy 1 Jin of rationed foodstuffs. Rationed foodstuffs included rice, flour and cooking oils. 1 Jin equals 0.5 Kilograms equals 10 Liang equals 1.1 pounds. Front side translation: First Line: The Food Ministry of the People's Republic of China. Second Line: This Food coupon can be used in all of China. Back side translation: First Number: This coupon allows you buy food covered in the whole of China. Second Number: When you buy food, please buy food types as local area demands. Third Number: The One Jin means you can buy that much of the rationed foods. Fourth Number: This coupon cannot be bought or sold. The amount cannot be changed. If lost, coupon will not be replaced." with each note showing a different value being that notes food weight. I am wondering if all the coupons worked like that. Maybe each note was NOT for a single food, but for any food ration, but only for the weight shown on the note. But i would still like to find a web site or book that shows all the food ration coupons notes.
ok. took a while, but i got what i have in my collection for these ration coupons posted on my site. I dont know much about them, so there isnt much information posted, just date, and denoted number (i am not sure what the 'value' is) to check them out click here if anyone can provide anything helpful, please, speak up.
www.chinarationcoupons.com/province.html That page lists 22 provinces. etc. I identified the provinces of all 15 used coupons I had The first two logographs, characters, on the left side of the top line should match the two characters on the 22 province list or autonomous region or City list. takes a bit of close attention. www.chinarationcoupons.com/province.html
You can find a site that lets you draw Chinese characters with your mouse. Then you select the character the site guesses you've drawn. Then you take the site's computer appropriate glyph and copy and ..paste it to your "find on page". and use that to search "pedia's" endless list of Chinese capitals and etc. ...or you can do a whole list of signs and get full-Monty with your "Translate"... in which case ya won't need to search... I.D done!
