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1 Dollar - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
| Issuer | Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 CAD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 100th. ANNIVERSARY 1883~1983 BJ. R GOOD FOR $1.00 IN PRINCE ALBERT · EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 1983 PRINCE ALBERT EXHIBITION ASSOC. |
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Prince Albert's trade dollar program was part of a broader Canadian chamber of commerce movement in the 1980s that used locally issued scrip to stimulate downtown retail spending — businesses accepted them at face value, creating a closed circulation loop that kept money within the local economy. Saskatchewan's resource-dependent towns were hit particularly hard by the early-1980s recession, and chambers across the province leaned heavily on these promotional issues as a practical economic tool rather than a collector novelty.
Nickel steel construction distinguished many of the later Canadian trade dollars from the aluminum and brass pieces common in earlier decades.