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25 Cents - St. Gregor Homecoming St. Gregor, Saskatchewan
| Issuer | Village of St. Gregor Homecoming Committee |
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| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette portrays a farmer operating a three-horse-drawn plough across a prairie landscape, rendered in turquoise letterpress against a light ground. The border consists of an ornate dark olive-brown guilloche frame with numeral 25 corner medallions. Redemption and expiry conditions are typeset in the lower field, flanked by two manuscript signatures above the printed titles of the Chairman and Treasurer of the St. Gregor Homecoming Committee. |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 TWENTY FIVE CENTS St. Gregor Homecoming July 10, 1971 Village of St. Gregor 1920 - 1970 Redeemable at all participating businesses in St. Gregor on purchases in excess of $1.00. Expiry Date Aug. 31/71. Chairman - St. Gregor Homecoming Committee - Treasurer |
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| Reverse lettering | St. Gregor named in honor of Pope Gregory 1903 First settlers arrive 1904 railway built through St. Gregor 1906 first general store built 1920 St. Gregor incorporated as Village 1924 Grade VIII pupil receives Governor General's Bronze Medal 1939 Second World War: 21 men and women serve in armed forces; Sgt. V. McHarg, F/O G. Little and W/O L. Lenz made the supreme sacrifice. 1944 Electrical Power in St. Gregor 1968 Village installed water and sewer 1970 Local girl, Vera Plemel, crowned "Miss Saskatchewan Homecoming". |
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