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25 Cents - Milton Centennial Milton, Ontario
| Issuer | Town of Milton, Ontario |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Size | 111 × 61 mm |
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| Reverse description | Plain white note printed entirely in green, with a large central guilloche rosette enclosing the numeral 25 in ornate script. The founding and centennial years 1857 and 1957 flank the central medallion, while the legend SOUVENIR CURRENCY is set in bold capitals at the upper left and right respectively. MILTON CENTENNIAL is printed in large display type across the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | SOUVENIR CURRENCY 1857 25 1957 MILTON CENTENNIAL |
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Milton, Ontario held its centennial celebrations in 1957, marking 100 years since the town's incorporation in 1857. Like several Canadian municipalities of the period, Milton issued a small-denomination scrip note as a commemorative souvenir rather than a functioning currency — these circulated symbolically during the festival period and were largely kept as keepsakes rather than spent.
Canadian municipal centennial scrip from the 1950s was produced by a handful of domestic security printers, though attribution for individual township commissions is often poorly documented.