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2 Dollars - Caisse scolaire F.E.C. Montreal, Quebec
| Issuer | Caisse Scolaire F.E.C. Montréal |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette of a portrait bust of Sieur de la Violette, enclosed within a wreath of maple leaves, with a caption cartouche below reading "Sieur de la Violette". Denomination numeral "2" appears in ornate guilloche panels at left and right, with the word "DEUX" below each. The title "CAISSE SCOLAIRE" is printed in large letters across the top, and maple leaf corner ornaments frame the four corners. All design elements are printed in red-pink on a pale pink ground. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAISSE SCOLAIRE 2 DEUX Sieur de la Violette |
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The Fédération des Éducateurs Catholiques — the F.E.C. — operated a network of school savings banks across Quebec in the early twentieth century, encouraging students to deposit small sums through their local caisse scolaire. These scrip-like certificates were internal instruments, redeemable within the school system rather than in general commerce, which is precisely why so few survived: they were never meant to leave the classroom.
The Montreal branch operating under F.E.C. supervision was among the larger urban nodes in that network. Material from the 1920 issue is genuinely uncommon — not because it was heavily circulated, but because ephemera of this kind was routinely discarded once redeemed.