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5 Dollars - Quebec 1990
| Issuer | Banque du Québec (Fantasy) |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Gold-toned fantasy note with a guilloche underprint of horizontal band patterns across the centre. At left, a large ornate numeral '5' is set within a decorative cartouche beneath the legend 'BANQUE DU QUÉBEC' and 'BANQUE DRUMMONDVILLE' in bold letterpress. A fleur-de-lis vignette appears at top centre, while a small frog silhouette is printed at upper right alongside the numeral '5'. The right half carries a large intaglio-style portrait of a male figure in suit and tie. Disclaimer text in French reads 'CE BILLET N'A PAS COURS LÉGAL' and 'CINQ DOLLARS OU PLUS' at lower left, with 'QUÉBEC 1990' at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Gold-toned reverse dominated by the bold block-lettered word 'QUEBEC' as a large background underprint across the full width of the note. Denomination numerals '5' appear at upper left and lower right. A detailed vignette of a Quebec frog (Grenouille du Québec) resting on rocky ground occupies the centre-right, rendered in fine line engraving style. A fleur-de-lis device is printed at upper right. Two serial numbers appear along the lower margin, flanked by alignment bar markers. |
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The Banque du Québec never existed as a real institution — this is a fantasy note, produced outside any official monetary authority, almost certainly in connection with the Quebec sovereignty movement that surged in political intensity around the 1990 Meech Lake Accord collapse. Similar fantasy issues from this period were printed to illustrate what an independent Quebec currency might look like, circulating more as political pamphlets than numismatic objects.
Collector interest is ideological as much as philatelic. Provenance and print run documentation, where it exists at all, matters considerably here.