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10 Scholastic Money - C.E.C.M.
| Issuer | C.E.C.M. (Commission des Écoles Catholiques de Montréal) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio-style print on cream paper. Central vignette shows a heraldic shield surmounted by a beaver, flanked by scrollwork and two guilloche ovals each bearing the numeral 10. Dollar-sign cartouches occupy the upper corners, with columnar borders at each side. A ribbon below the shield carries the Latin motto EX LABORE FRUCTUS. |
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| Obverse lettering | $ $ C.E.C.M. M.C.S.C. 10 10 EX LABORE FRUCTUS MONNAIE SCOLAIRE - SCOLASTIC MONEY (Translation: You are the fruit of your labor.) |
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The Commission des Écoles Catholiques de Montréal used scholastic currency as a pedagogical incentive system within its Catholic school network — notes issued to students as rewards for attendance, academic performance, or good conduct, redeemable against small prizes or school supplies. It was a widespread practice across Quebec's Catholic school boards through much of the twentieth century, and the CECM's network was among the largest francophone Catholic school systems in North America at its peak.
These pieces occupy an awkward category: not legal tender, not play money in the toy sense, but a functioning internal scrip with real redemption value within a closed institutional economy.