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1 Dollar - Marysville Centennial New Brunswick
| Issuer | Town of Marysville Centennial Committee |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Size | 132 × 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | At left, a circular vignette bears the denomination $1; at right, a circular portrait vignette of Alexander 'Boss' Gibson, founder of Marysville, New Brunswick. Commemorative legends are arranged around both vignettes, with a scalloped decorative border framing the entire note. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMEMORATIVE CURRENCY N/B 1962 $1 THE TOWN OF MARYSVILLE HONORS ITS FOUNDER ALEXANDER 'BOSS' GIBSON AUGUST 9 - 10 - 11 - 1962 CHAIRMAN CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE MAYOR GOOD ONLY FOR THE PURCHASE OF VALUABLE PRIZES AT THE MARYSVILLE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AUCTION |
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Marysville, now absorbed into Fredericton, was founded as a model industrial village by cotton mill owner Alexander Gibson in the 1880s — one of the more complete examples of company town planning in nineteenth-century New Brunswick. The 1962 centennial note was issued by a local committee to mark the town's hundredth year, placing it firmly in the category of municipal scrip or promotional currency rather than any formal monetary instrument.
These committee-issued centennial pieces from small Canadian towns are chronically under-documented. Survival rates depend almost entirely on whether locals kept them as souvenirs rather than attempting to redeem them.