Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Cents - Canadian Tire Coupon
| Issuer | Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited |
|---|---|
| Year | 1987-1989 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Canada (1866-2012)Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date) |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | 25¢ CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED 25¢ CASH BONUS BILLET-BONI REDEEMABLE IN MERCHANDISE REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISE ONLY AT CANADIAN TIRE STORES - UNIQUEMENT AUX MAGASINS CANADIAN TIRE Treasurer- Trésorier President-Président 25¢ LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIAN TIRE LIMITÉE 25¢ |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-violet ink on a cream ground, with dense guilloche rosette underprints flanking the central Canadian Tire triangular logo and large 25¢ denomination numerals. The serial number appears twice in red at upper centre. Bilingual redemption conditions are set in two columns of small letterpress text across the lower field, with printer and country-of-printing imprints at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Canadian Tire's "money" — never legal tender, technically a loyalty coupon — was printed to banknote-grade security specifications, which is why it attracted serious collector attention rather than being dismissed as ephemera. BA International and Canadian Bank Note Company both held production contracts across different series and denominations, making precise attribution a genuine challenge for completists.
The 1987–1989 dating window reflects the period when the program underwent redesign; earlier issues are generally more worn from heavy redemption use, while late-series examples survive in better condition simply because the coupon's cultural novelty had faded and fewer were spent.