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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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| Reverse description | A large denomination numeral «500¢» occupies the left field against a red guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of the J.A. Moisan storefront at 699 rue St-Jean. A portrait of founder Jean-Alfred Moisan (1848–1927) appears at right within a green-toned panel bearing his name and dates, accompanied by a président signature at lower left. |
| 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.