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Lighthouse Dollar - Summerside, Prince Edward Island
| Issuer | Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| In circulation to | 30 September 2003 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | GREATER SUMMERSIDE VALUE ONE DOLLAR EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30 2003 GSCC -2003- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
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Summerside's trade dollar program was administered by the Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce as a local merchant incentive scheme — businesses accepted the tokens at face value, encouraging dollars to circulate within the local economy rather than leave it. The Lighthouse Dollar series tied each annual issue to a specific PEI landmark, making the 2003 piece one of a themed run rather than a standalone curiosity.
Prince Edward Island has an unusually dense concentration of historic lighthouses relative to its coastline length, a direct consequence of the notoriously shallow and shifting sandbars of the Northumberland Strait.