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5 Dollars - M.C.S.C. Scholastic Money Montreal, Quebec
| Issuer | M.C.S.C. (Montreal Catholic School Commission) |
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| Size | 103 × 54 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the school coat of arms surmounted by a beaver crest and ivy foliage, with quartered shield divisions bearing a fleur-de-lis, crossed implements, a maple leaf, a star, and an open book. The numeral "5" appears in guilloche-framed panels to the left and right of the arms, flanked by column ornaments with dollar sign cartouches in the upper corners. A ribbon scroll beneath the arms carries the Latin motto, with the bilingual institution name in a ruled panel along the lower border, all rendered in dark blue-green letterpress on cream paper. |
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| Reverse lettering | $ 5 EX LABORE FRUCTUS MONNAIE SCOLAIRE - SCOLASTIC MONEY (Translation: The fruits of labor.) |
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The Montreal Catholic School Commission issued scholastic currency as part of classroom incentive programs — students earned notes for academic performance and good conduct, then redeemed them for prizes or privileges. These systems were common in Quebec's confessional school network through much of the twentieth century, administered separately by the Catholic and Protestant commissions under the province's divided educational structure, which persisted until Quebec's school boards were reorganized along linguistic rather than religious lines in 1998.
Because these notes were printed for institutional use rather than monetary circulation, survival rates depend almost entirely on whether individual schools bothered to preserve them.