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5 Dollars - School Money
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| Size | 153 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a fishing trawler hauling nets on a calm bay, with hills in the background and a second vessel at left, printed in blue and red on a white ground. Large numeral "5" appears at lower left and upper right within guilloche scroll borders. The legend "MONNAIE SCOLAIRE — SCHOOL MONEY" runs along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted white reverse showing only a faint bleed-through impression of the obverse design visible through the paper, with no deliberate printed elements. |
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School money — also called "educational currency" or play money issued for classroom arithmetic instruction — was produced by numerous publishers and school supply houses throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in North America. These pieces were never legal tender and carry no issuing authority, which is precisely why the printing quality and design conventions varied so wildly between publishers.
Without a confirmed issuer, printer, or date on this example, provenance is the only thing that meaningfully anchors its value to a collector.