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1 Franc - Levesque Bank Quebec
| Issuer | Banque de Levesque |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 BANQUE DE LEVESQUE PQ1979 UN 1 FRANC QUEBEC THIS NOTE IS PENDING TENDER J. Parizeau - Ministre des Finance - Tinq Bank Note Co |
| Reverse description | Reverse mirrors the obverse layout, printed in black on gray-green underprint with matching fleur-de-lis corner vignettes and satirical heraldic and portrait elements. The overall design replicates the obverse in a symmetrical parody format consistent with the fantasy note genre. |
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The Banque de Levesque was a short-lived Québec institution, and this 1979 franc-denominated note is a curiosity precisely because of what it was not: it was never legal tender. Notes like this were issued as promotional or novelty items during the separatist political moment surrounding the 1980 referendum on Québec sovereignty, playing on the idea of a future independent currency. Jacques Parizeau's signature here is telling — he was the Parti Québécois finance critic and chief architect of the referendum's economic case.