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In what year were food stamps abolished?
1993, grain and oil supply was opened, food stamps were useless, and it was officially announced to be discontinued. The "ticket economy" that lasted for nearly 40 years is over, and people no longer have to worry about finding food stamps.

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Commodity tickets in various places are usually divided into three categories: "eat, wear and use".

In addition to all kinds of grain and oil tickets, there are tickets for pigs, beef, mutton, chickens, ducks, fish and eggs, all kinds of sugar tickets, all kinds of bean products tickets and all kinds of vegetables tickets, and so on. In addition to all kinds of cloth tickets, there are chemical fiber tickets, cotton tickets, undershirts, vest tickets, cloth shoes tickets, cotton tires tickets and so on.

Handkerchiefs, soap, toilet paper, washing powder, matches, rag tickets, kerosene tickets, various coal tickets, commodity purchase vouchers, electronic tickets, self-propelled tickets, watch tickets, temporary tickets, motor tickets, etc. It's really varied, involving all aspects of various fields.

In a word, most goods are supplied by ticket. What kind of goods to buy with the corresponding food stamps are indispensable. So what are the varieties of food stamps in this big family? To give a few examples, there are direct food stamps, such as rice tickets, flour tickets, coarse grain tickets, fine food tickets, millet tickets, potato tickets and so on.

All kinds of food stamps vary in size, with horizontal, vertical, toothed and square forms. Some food stamps are as big as RMB 10, while others are only 1 cm. Large denomination 1000 kilograms, 10000 kilograms, small denomination is less than one yuan. Units of measurement range from the old scale market system to the latest constraints.

Each set of food stamps is usually distinguished according to the number of years, arranged according to the area unit or weight, ranging from 1 to more than 70. The contents and names of food stamps are different and more colorful. Food stamps are designed in different ways, some with exquisite patterns, some with scenic spots and strong ethnic customs, such as the Terracotta Warriors in Shaanxi, Elephant Trunk Mountain in Guangxi, Museum Sculpture in Inner Mongolia, Potala Palace in Tibet, Bund in Shanghai, Shaoshan in Hunan, Zunyi and Huangguoshu Waterfalls in Guizhou, and Shilin in Yunnan.

Some are Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur and Korean. Some have no patterns and poor paper quality, which is often reflected in the early food stamps. Only some words are printed on paper, some are printed in letterpress and mimeographed, and some are printed under the supervision of manufacturers who specialize in printing food stamps. Most food stamps are also stamped with the official seals of relevant departments, and some are printed with numbers and so on.

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