NOVEL TYPE OF CURRENCY INTRODUCED INTO ALBERTA.—At top. a “Prosperity certificate” of one dollar, on the back of which the owner must place a special one cent stamp each, week to retain the certificate as legal tender. Below, the back of the certificate, with spaces for the weekly stamps. The plan behind the "prosperity certificate, put into circulation by Mr. Aberthart's Government in Alberta, Canada. is a quickly-cireulating currency. The holder of a prosperity dollar who does not get. rid of it. within a week must stick a special stamp on the back. At the end of each full period 104 cents' worth, of stamps should have been cammed on the certificate. The final holder can when, redeem it, receiving an ordinary dollar without. further Daymens.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 12

NOVEL TYPE OF CURRENCY INTRODUCED INTO ALBERTA. — At top. a “Prosperity certificate” of one dollar, on the back of which the owner must place a special one cent stamp each, week to retain the certificate as legal tender. Below, the back of the certificate, with spaces for the weekly stamps. The plan behind the "prosperity certificate, put into circulation by Mr. Aberthart's Government in Alberta, Canada. is a quickly-cireulating currency. The holder of a prosperity dollar who does not get. rid of it. within a week must stick a special stamp on the back. At the end of each full period 104 cents' worth, of stamps should have been cammed on the certificate. The final holder can when, redeem it, receiving an ordinary dollar without. further Daymens.