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500 Cents - J.A. Moisan Quebec
| Issuer | J.A. Moisan, Québec |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 500¢ PAYABLE À QUÉBEC CHEZ J.A. MOISAN 1848-1927 FONDATEUR J.A. MOISAN SEMPER PARATUS RÉGIMENT CARIGNAN-SALIÈRES TOUJOURS PRÊT 1603-1670 LIEUTENANT GÉNÉRAL ET MARQUIS A. DE PROUVILLE DE TRACY ÉMIS POUR LE 345e ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'ARRIVÉE DU RÉGIMENT CARIGNAN EN NOUVELLE FRANCE PRÉSIDENT PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE SUR TOUT ACHAT SAUF EAU DE VIE ET TABAC VALIDE JUSQU'AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2010 500¢ |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the J.A. Moisan store building at 699, rue St-Jean, Québec, rendered as a tonal underprint; flanking decorative panels contain a fleur-de-lys, a tall ship, a rosette, and a mounted figure, with four corner medallions each bearing the 500¢ denomination, all in brown on a light ground. |
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J.A. Moisan, operating out of Québec City's Lower Town, is generally recognized as the oldest grocery store in North America, having traded continuously from the same address on rue Saint-Jean since 1871. This 500-cent note is a store scrip issued in 2010 — a promotional or loyalty instrument rather than a monetary necessity, reviving a 19th-century merchant tradition for modern commercial purposes. Printed by Deschamps Impression, a Québec house with roots going back to 1926, the physical production is entirely local.
Scrip of this kind has no legal tender status and its redeemability is entirely at the issuer's discretion.