Canadian Tire stopped printing their own money in 2020. Inside the colourful rise and fall of Canada’s unofficial currency

Physical Canadian Tire money quietly disappeared in 2020 after more than 60 years. Its history is as wild as how ubiquitous it once was.

Source: Canadian Tire stopped printing their own money in 2020. Inside the colourful rise and fall of Canada’s unofficial currency

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“One, a freshly-minted five-cent note, sat in a desk drawer. Green and pristine, the jolly Sandy McTire — the Scotsman bundled in a scarf and bonnet, moustache curling and eyes gleaming — engraved one side of the bill. To his right was a signature.