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1 Cent - BP / Supertest
| Issuer | BP / Supertest |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 MERCHANDISE COUPON BP SUPERTEST SAVE Save Merchandise Coupons for beautiful gifts. You receive one coupon with every dollar's worth of gasoline purchased. These coupons may be redeemed for merchandise on display, for the coupon value shown on each article. Merchandise Coupons are redeemable only at: Coupons expire 90 days from date of issue Merchantable value: 1/10¢ |
| Reverse description | Reverse is essentially blank white paper; a faint ghost impression of the obverse lettering is visible through the thin stock, with no intentional printed design. |
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BP and Supertest operated competing gasoline retail networks in Canada before BP acquired Supertest in 1971, briefly running both brands before consolidation. These small-denomination paper tokens were issued as promotional scrip — used to facilitate change at the pump or as part of loyalty schemes when coins were inconvenient in a service station context.
The dual branding makes dating this piece straightforward: it could only have been issued during the transitional period after the acquisition, when BP was running down the Supertest identity.