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25 Cents - Monnaie Champlain Money Citadelle Centers, Quebec
| Issuer | Champlain Oil Products Limited, Quebec, Canada |
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| Size | 139 x 66 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 25¢ MONNAIE CHAMPLAIN MONEY REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISE - REDEEMABLE IN MERCHANDISE DANS LES CENTRES CITADELLE - AT CITADEL CENTRES DIRECTEUR DES VENTES DETAIL MANAGER RETAIL SALES BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED |
| Reverse description | Full-width vignette of a Champlain service station with a period muscle car in the foreground and a highway scene receding to the right. The Champlain logo in a square cartouche appears at upper right; a red alphanumeric serial number is printed at lower right. |
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Champlain Oil Products Limited issued this 25-cent trade token note as part of a loyalty currency redeemable at Citadelle Centers — a promotional scrip scheme that circulated within a defined retail network rather than through any banking system. BA International, the Ottawa-based successor to the long-running British American Bank Note Company, produced millions of such commercial pieces through the mid-to-late twentieth century alongside its government security printing contracts, treating private promotional currency with the same production standards applied to federal issues.
The note's relatively generous dimensions for a fractional denomination suggest it was designed to feel substantial in a customer's hand — a deliberate retail psychology decision, not a technical necessity.