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500 Cents - J.A. Moisan Quebec
| Issuer | Épicerie J.A. Moisan |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 CAD) |
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| Obverse lettering | 500¢ PAYABLE À QUÉBEC CHEZ J.A. MOISAN 1786-1871 CHEF DU PARTI PATRIOTE LOUIS-JOSEPH PAPINEAU LES PATRIOTES DE 1837-1838 LE DRAPEAU DES PATRIOTES 1791-1863 PATRIOTE WOLFRED NELSON ÉMIS EN SOUVENIR DES PATRIOTES DE 1837-1838 PAYABLE AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE SUR TOUT ACHAT SAUF EAU DE VIE ET TABAC VALIDE JUSQU'AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2012 500¢ |
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| Reverse lettering | 500¢ Édition 2012 ÉPICERIE J.A. MOISAN Depuis 1871 699, RUE ST-JEAN, QUÉBEC PRÉSIDENT Jean-Alfred Moisan Fondateur 1848-1927 J.B. Deschamps. Inc. - Québec |
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J.A. Moisan, operating on rue Saint-Jean in Quebec City, claims the title of oldest grocery store in North America — continuously trading since 1871. This note is a store scrip issued in 2012, almost certainly as a commemorative or gift certificate rather than emergency currency, produced by J.B. Deschamps Inc., a Quebec commercial printer with a long history of specialty and security printing work.
Scrip of this kind occupies an awkward taxonomic space — too purposeful to be ephemera, too local to be mainstream numismatic material. Deschamps printed it on paper, not polymer, which limits its longevity as a circulating instrument.