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5 Cents - York University cafeteria scrip
| Issuer | York University (Food Services), Canada |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Green tint on fine guilloche underprint within a diamond-shaped central panel framed by black corner triangles and ornate scalloped border. The York University coat of arms vignette appears at centre below bilingual university name in bold letterpress, with validity years 1987–1988 at left and the Manager Food Services facsimile signature at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5¢ UNIVERSITÉ 1987 Manager Food Services YORK 1988 La Responsable des Services de Restauration UNIVERSITY 5¢ BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED |
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York University's Food Services department issued this cafeteria scrip in the late 1980s as a prepaid token system, allowing students to purchase meal credits in bulk — a common cost-control measure at Canadian universities before magnetic card systems displaced paper entirely. BA International, the Ottawa-based security printer with roots going back to the 1866 founding of the British American Bank Note Company, was an odd choice for something this mundane; the firm held contracts for Bank of Canada notes and government securities. That they printed cafeteria chits at all suggests they actively courted institutional small-run work to fill press capacity.