10 Cents - Les Huiles Montcalm Inc. Quebec

Les Huiles Montcalm Inc. was a Quebec-based fuel oil distribution company, and this note belongs to a category of privately issued scrip that remained surprisingly common in mid-twentieth century Quebec — particularly among companies operating in semi-rural or company-town environments where petty change management was a practical problem. J.-B. Deschamps, the Québec printer responsible for this piece, produced a substantial volume of commercial and institutional printing throughout the province, making them a logical choice for a local firm needing small-denomination trade tokens in paper form.

The dual Simard signatures — Jean and Albert — suggest a family-run operation, which was the norm for regional fuel distributors of this period.