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10 Dollars - Sears Gift Certificate

Issuer Sears Canada Inc.
Year 2000
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Value 10 Dollars 10 CAD = EUR 6.21
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Obverse lettering SEARS
Gift Certificate
Certificat cadeau $10
IN THE AMOUNT OF
D'UNE VALEUR DE
Ten Dollars
Dix dollars
PAY TO THE ORDER OF AND
PAYEZ À L'ORDRE DE ET DE
SEARS CANADA INC.
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE
BANQUE DE COMMERCE CANADIENNE IMPÉRIALE
Sr. Vice President & CFO
Vice-Président Principal, Chef des Finances
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Reverse lettering Redeemable for merchandise and services
at any Sears store in Canada
Valable(s) à l'achat de marchandise ou de services
dans n'importe quel magasin Sears
Customer signature
Signature du client
SEARS
FOR DEPOSIT ONLY
TO THE CREDIT OF
DÉPÔT SEULEMENT
À PORTER AU CRÉDIT DE
SEARS CANADA INC.
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Sears Canada gift certificates from this period occupy an odd corner of notaphily — they are not banknotes, not scrip in any monetary-policy sense, but they do constitute a documented form of private retail currency redeemable within a specific commercial network. Sears Canada Inc. operated independently of its American parent after Simpsons-Sears was rebranded in 1984, and the gift certificate program was a significant liability instrument on the company's books.

Sears Canada declared insolvency in 2017, leaving unredeemed certificates worthless. That backstory gives surviving examples their only real collector interest.

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