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1 Chemainus Dollar - Chemainus Monetary Foundation British Columbia
| Issuer | Chemainus Monetary Foundation |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE CHEMAINUS DOLLAR #1 STEAM DONKEY AT WORK - FRANK LEWIS, NANCY LAGANA, 1982 2010 WWW.CHEMAINUSDOLLAR.COM |
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| Protection description | Vertical gold foil strip applied along the left edge of the obverse |
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Chemainus, a small Vancouver Island mill town, reinvented itself in the early 1980s as an open-air mural destination after the sawmill closure gutted its economy — a transformation that drew enough tourism to actually sustain a local alternative currency. The Chemainus Monetary Foundation issued these notes as a community scrip redeemable with participating local businesses, functioning less as legal tender and more as a loyalty instrument keeping spending within the town.
John Mardon, a prolific Canadian commemorative note designer, handled the artwork. The foil strip is an unusually serious security feature for a community currency of this scale.