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50 Cents - Canadian Tire 'Money' "at Canadian Tire store or gas bar"
| Issuer | Canadian Tire Corporation Limited |
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| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | 50¢ CASH BONUS 50¢ CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION LIMITED REDEEMABLE IN MERCHANDISE—REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISE AT CANADIAN TIRE STORE OR GAS BAR AU MAGASIN OU BAR D'ESSENCE CANADIAN TIRE TREASURER PRESIDENT 50¢ BON D'ACHAT 50¢ |
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| Reverse lettering | REDEEMABLE FOR MERCHANDISE AT GASOLINE BAR OR STORE 50¢ CANADIAN TIRE 50¢ REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISE AU BAR D'ESSENCE OU AU MAGASIN CANADIAN BANK NOTE |
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Canadian Tire 'money' is a loyalty coupon, not legal tender, but it was printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company — the same Ottawa firm responsible for genuine Dominion of Canada notes and later Bank of Canada issues. The CBN contract lent these coupons a physical credibility that almost certainly reinforced public willingness to treat them as quasi-currency.
The 1974 series added the qualifier "at Canadian Tire store or gas bar" to head off redemption disputes as the gas bar network expanded separately from retail locations. A small administrative decision, but it distinguishes this issue from earlier printings and reflects how seriously the corporation managed the program's informal monetary rules.