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5 Cents - C. Verreault Petroleum La Baie, Quebec
| Issuer | Les Pétroles C. Verreault |
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| Printer | Improthèque Inc. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5¢ LES PÉTROLES C. VERREAULT 342, 6e Rue La Baie L'Impériale ESSO Partez en grand avec ESSO LES PÉTROLES C. VERREAULT Christian Verreault Signature BILLET BONI REMBOURSABLE EN ESSENCE IMPROTHÈQUE INC. |
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| Signature(s) | Christian Verreault |
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Canadian merchant scrip from Quebec's Saguenay region, issued by a local petroleum retailer. This type of small-denomination trade coupon — redeemable against fuel or merchandise at the issuing business — circulated informally as a loyalty or change-making device, a practice that persisted in rural Quebec well into the late twentieth century among independent retailers trying to retain customer transactions in cash-poor communities.
Improthèque Inc. was a Quebec commercial printer, not a security printing house. No anti-counterfeiting measures would have been warranted at five cents.