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5 Cents - Ultramar, Esso, Petro-Canada
| Issuer | Ultramar / Esso / Petro-Canada |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 5¢ BON D'ACHAT 5 seulement à ces établissements 5¢ Remboursable en marchandise ou essence seulement 5¢ Cette promotion peut prendre fin en tout temps sans préavis. ULTRAMAR 2090, boulevard Thibeau Trois-Rivières (St-Louis-de-France) 1875, Ste-Marguerite Trois-Rivières (Coin Paul-Lemoyne) 16670, des Acadiens Bécancour (Jonction aut. 55 et St-Grégoire) ESSO 5830, Gene-H.-Kruger Trois-Rivières (Au pied du pont Laviolette) 4675, 12e Avenue Shawinigan-Sud PETRO-CANADA 90, route 138 Donnacona (Sortie 274, autoroute 40) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain white paper surface with no text, vignette, or ornamental device. |
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Canadian petroleum companies — Ultramar, Esso, and Petro-Canada — issued small-denomination paper scrip for internal use, typically to manage change at service station pumps during periods when coin shortages made exact-cent transactions cumbersome. These pieces occupy an awkward category: technically notaphilic material, but closer in function to trade tokens than banknotes. Collector interest is narrow but persistent, driven largely by the Petro-Canada issues, which date to the Crown corporation's early years following its creation by the Trudeau government in 1975.