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10 Cents - Les Huiles Montcalm Inc. Quebec
| Issuer | Les Huiles Montcalm Inc. |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Printer | J.-B. Deschamps (Deschamps Impression), Québec, Canada (1926-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 10¢ BON D'ACHAT LES HUILES Montcalm Inc. AFFILIÉE À P. SIMARD INC. REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISE AU MAGASIN OU BAR D'ESSENCE CANADIAN TIRE QUÉBEC SEULEMENT Jean Simard TRÉSORIER Albert Simard PRÉSIDENT SERVICE PROPRETÉ |
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| Signature(s) | Jean Simard and Albert Simard |
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Les Huiles Montcalm Inc. was a Quebec-based fuel oil distribution company, and this note belongs to a category of privately issued scrip that remained surprisingly common in mid-twentieth century Quebec — particularly among companies operating in semi-rural or company-town environments where petty change management was a practical problem. J.-B. Deschamps, the Québec printer responsible for this piece, produced a substantial volume of commercial and institutional printing throughout the province, making them a logical choice for a local firm needing small-denomination trade tokens in paper form.
The dual Simard signatures — Jean and Albert — suggest a family-run operation, which was the norm for regional fuel distributors of this period.