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5 Cents - Agathe Dollar Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce du Grand Ste-Agathe |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Size | 152 x 69 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green guilloche border frames the note throughout. The denomination numeral "05" appears at left within an ornate intaglio rosette vignette, with the title "AGATHE DOLLAR" in large bold letterpress at centre-top. The logo of the Chambre de Commerce du Grand Ste-Agathe is printed at right, above the word "CENTS", with bilingual redemption conditions and two facsimile signatures below. |
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| Reverse description | A red serial number is printed at top. A central vignette presents a landscape view of Mont Catherine in Sainte-Agathe-Sud, rendered in a scenic underprint. Sponsor logos are arranged at right, with the denomination and issuer details in French letterpress below. |
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The Agathe Dollar was a local trade currency issued by the Chambre de Commerce du Grand Ste-Agathe in 1992 as a promotional scrip scheme — a type of community currency designed to keep consumer spending circulating among member businesses in the resort town of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts in the Laurentians. These programs were common in Canadian tourist communities during the late 1980s and early 1990s, typically tied to seasonal promotions and redeemable only at participating local merchants.
The 5-cent denomination is the smallest in the Agathe Dollar series, which is unusual for scrip of this type — fractional values below 25 cents rarely saw meaningful use in trade currency schemes and were often collected rather than spent.