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25 Cents - Canadian Tire 'Money' dark purple
| Issuer | Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited |
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| Year | 1992-2019 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Canadian Tire inverted red triangle logo with green maple leaf vignette occupies the left field, while the Sandy McTire character vignette appears to the right. The face is printed on a purple guilloche underprint with bilingual text legends in both English and French. |
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| Reverse lettering | ©2017 CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED. REDEEMABLE IN MERCHANDISE ONLY AT CANADIAN TIRE STORES Property of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. Propriété de la Société Canadian Tire Limitée. 25¢ CANADIAN TIRE 25¢ Cash bonus coupons are redeemable in merchandise only at Canadian Tire associate stores and only in association with consumer purchases of merchandise or service in the ordinary course of retail business. Les billets-bonis sont remboursables en marchandise uniquement aux magasins associés Canadian Tire, et cela seulement dans le cadre d'achats de marchandises ou de services, faits par un consommateur dans le cours normal des opérations de vente au détail. REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISE UNIQUEMENT AUX MAGASINS CANADIAN TIRE PRINTED IN CANADA IMPRIMÉ AU CANADA |
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Canadian Tire 'money' is a loyalty scrip, not legal tender, but it has been accepted as de facto currency at hundreds of independent retailers, restaurants, and even some municipal charity drives across Canada for decades. The corporation first introduced the program in 1958 as a response to the trading stamp craze then sweeping North American retail — a direct counter to S&H Green Stamps — but chose printed paper facsimile banknotes over adhesive stamps, a decision that gave the scrip a cultural durability no stamp book ever achieved.
The dark purple 25-cent denomination ran through multiple minor revisions between 1992 and 2019, most of which involved security and barcode updates rather than design changes. Collectors distinguish print runs primarily by reverse serial formatting and the presence or absence of a scannable code introduced mid-series.