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100 Dollars - F.E.C. School Bank Montreal, Quebec
| Issuer | F.E.C. School Bank (Banque Scolaire), Montreal, Quebec |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | F.E.C., Montreal |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE SCOLAIRE 100 C DOLLARD DES ORMEAUX 100 CENT |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the early coat of arms of Canada, surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by symmetrical foliate branches, with a beaver passant at the base; the whole printed in brown on yellow stock. The denomination '$100' appears in Gothic script at upper left and upper right. Two vertical French-language inscriptions flank the central arms, while the copyright and printer's imprint runs along the lower margin. |
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School savings banks — "banques scolaires" — were a fixture of Quebec's Catholic educational system in the early twentieth century, run through parish schools to instill thrift habits in children. The F.E.C. (Frères de l'Enseignement Chrétien, the French branch of the De La Salle Brothers) operated their own internal scrip alongside the broader movement, printed and redeemed entirely within the school network. These were not legal tender in any sense; they functioned as classroom currency, recording deposits and rewarding saving behavior.
The yellow paper stock — "jaune" — was a deliberate denomination marker within the series, distinguishing the 100-dollar face value from lower denominations printed on different colors. At 105 × 53 mm, the format is notably small even by school scrip standards.