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1 Dollar - Rouyn-Noranda Golden Jubilee Quebec
| Issuer | City of Rouyn-Noranda |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in green on a fine guilloche underprint, the obverse carries the large numeral '1' at left and right, flanked by two municipal heraldic vignettes — the Rouyn coat of arms at left and the Noranda emblem at right. The central denomination 'UN 1 ONE DOLLAR' is set within the guilloche field, with bilingual validity inscriptions in French and English across the note. Two facsimile mayoral signatures appear at the bottom, attributed respectively to the Mayor of Rouyn and the Mayor of Noranda, above the printer's imprint of British American Bank Note Company Limited. A red serial number is printed at the top centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and dominated by a photographic vignette of the historic Jos Dumulon General Merchant log-cabin store, shown in a winter street scene with figures and displayed goods in the foreground. The Golden Jubilee commemorative logo — a stylised '50' roundel with the inscription 'rouyn-noranda' — appears in each of the four corners. Bilingual inscriptions 'rouyn-noranda golden jubilee' and 'cinquantenaire de rouyn-noranda' frame the central vignette at top and bottom respectively, with the denomination numerals 'ONE' and 'UN' at the outer corners. |
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Rouyn-Noranda's 1976 jubilee dollar was a municipally issued scrip token rather than legal tender — a civic promotional instrument common to Canadian anniversary celebrations of the period, intended for local spending during the jubilee festivities and redeemable through participating merchants. The British American Bank Note Company, which held the federal currency printing contract for decades, handled these municipal commissions as a commercial sideline.
The inclusion of security dots is a curiosity for a note with no monetary standing in law — almost certainly a cost-driven decision to use existing security paper stock rather than any genuine anti-counterfeiting concern.