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3 Dollars - Owen Sound Homecoming Owen Sound, Ontario
| Issuer | Owen Sound Homecoming Committee |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Value | 3 Dollars (3 CAD) |
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| Obverse lettering | 3 DOLLARS THREE DOLLARS OWEN SOUND HOMECOMING JULY 24 - AUGUST 2, 1987 REDEEMABLE AT FACE VALUE AT THE OWEN SOUND HOMECOMING OFFICE. OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO UNTIL AUGUST SECOND (2), 1987. OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO DOMINION OF CANADA CAPT. W. F. OWEN RICHARD CARNEY LEGAL TENDER AT BOOSTER MEMBER STORES JULY 24 - AUGUST 2, 1987. |
| Reverse description | Monochrome green vignette occupying the full note face, reproducing a 19th-century bird's-eye panoramic view of Owen Sound town and harbour with rolling countryside in the foreground. Corner panels carry denomination numerals within ornate guilloche frames, and a redemption legend runs along the lower margin. |
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Canadian homecoming scrip of this type was produced by local organizing committees as commemorative novelty currency — valid for a specific event period and accepted by participating local merchants as a goodwill gesture rather than legal tender. Owen Sound's 1987 edition fits squarely within a wave of such issues that peaked across small-town Ontario during the 1980s, when centennial and homecoming events became a reliable excuse for producing collectable paper.
The three-dollar denomination is the giveaway that this was never meant to circulate seriously. No Canadian chartered bank issued in threes.