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50 Cents - Rona Boucherville, Quebec
| Issuer | Le Groupe Rona |
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| Year | 1981-1983 |
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| Value | 50 Cents 0.50 CAD = EUR 0.31 |
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| Obverse description | Black and pink on white underprint; scalloped guilloche border with four denomination roundels at corners. Central oval vignette of a family group flanked by foliage. "LE GROUPE RONA" in bold lettering to the right, with "CINQUANTE" in a rosette cartouche. A banner below reads "ARGENT CLÉ REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISES" with two facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse lettering | ARGENT CLÉ MD REMBOURSABLE EN MARCHANDISES REDEEMABLE FOR MERCHANDISE CHEZ NOS MARCHANDS AT OUR MERCHANTS 50¢ RONA Le RÉNOVATEUR RONA PODIUM BOTANIX 50¢ LE GROUPE RONA CASH PREMIUM |
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Rona, the Quebec-based hardware cooperative, issued scrip denominations including this 50-cent piece for internal use among its member-dealer network during the early 1980s. These were not gift certificates in the modern retail sense — they functioned as a settlement mechanism within the cooperative's rebate and loyalty system, redeemable at participating member stores rather than circulating freely as change.
Boucherville, where Rona's head office was based, appears as the place of payment. The cooperative's origins trace to 1939, but this scrip series reflects the network's significant expansion through the 1970s and early 1980s, when standardized internal instruments became a practical necessity across dozens of affiliated dealers.