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Sam Crystal: One lady presented five 15-cent coupons on item worth $1.15.
Sam Crystal: One lady presented five 15-cent coupons on item worth $1.15.

Sam Crystal: One lady presented five 15-cent coupons on item worth $1.15.

Date8/13/1980
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126326F
Paper flood: One in 10 of those coupons being checked by Gordon Finaly of Nielsen Clearing House has been fraudulently cashed. But problem in Canada doesn't compare with epidemic in U.S., where coupon crooks rip off $200 million a year.
Paper flood: One in 10 of those coupons being checked by Gordon Finaly of Nielsen Clearing House has been fraudulently cashed. But problem in Canada doesn't compare with epidemic in U.S., where coupon crooks rip off $200 million a year.
8/13/1980
Each Prisoner is allowed $3 worth of coupons per month to buy ice cream and other refreshments in the canteen of the internment camp at Camp Chaffee, Ark
Each Prisoner is allowed $3 worth of coupons per month to buy ice cream and other refreshments in the canteen of the internment camp at Camp Chaffee, Ark
1/14/1943
Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.
Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.
9/16/1982
All set for Disneyland Visit, Winners of The Star Thrill Coupons draw contest at the CNE, Molly Gibson, 11, and her mother, Mrs. Andrew Gibson of Cook(...)
All set for Disneyland Visit, Winners of The Star Thrill Coupons draw contest at the CNE, Molly Gibson, 11, and her mother, Mrs. Andrew Gibson of Cook(...)
10/8/1959
Plastic clock is one of items turned out by the firm Harry Graham, 62, started six years ago. It's worth $4 million a year today, he says.
Plastic clock is one of items turned out by the firm Harry Graham, 62, started six years ago. It's worth $4 million a year today, he says.
10/1/1985
Arrest du Conseil d'état du roi, quit ordonne le payement des coupons d'intérêts des reconnoissances pour les dettes du Canada, échus au ler' janvier 1769, du 6 mai 1769
Arrest du Conseil d'état du roi, quit ordonne le payement des coupons d'intérêts des reconnoissances pour les dettes du Canada, échus au ler' janvier 1769, du 6 mai 1769
1769
Tony Farano, an east-end Texaco dealer, dropped out of the Starburst of Bonuses promotion a few months ago but he still keeps bonuses around for customers who insist on redeeming old coupons
Tony Farano, an east-end Texaco dealer, dropped out of the Starburst of Bonuses promotion a few months ago but he still keeps bonuses around for customers who insist on redeeming old coupons
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Doreen Wicks: Agency head holds coupons sent in to rise money for West Africans
Doreen Wicks: Agency head holds coupons sent in to rise money for West Africans
12/22/1986
Michele Landsberg (right) leaves coupons with secretary Margaret Aikins
Michele Landsberg (right) leaves coupons with secretary Margaret Aikins
6/15/1979
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
Two items Jack Himself Cohen won't sell are tiny china plates bearing picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill he paid 50 cents for 25years ago.
6/13/1972
Czar's Award: Tim Braddock holds an engraved crystal gobiet presented by the Czars of Industry this week to its businessman of the year.
Czar's Award: Tim Braddock holds an engraved crystal gobiet presented by the Czars of Industry this week to its businessman of the year.
12/4/1989
Jack Dubiner's industrial supply shop is closing after 53 years, giving way to boutiques and art galleries on King St. E. The last items from five floors of stuff will be sold off over the next few weeks.
Jack Dubiner's industrial supply shop is closing after 53 years, giving way to boutiques and art galleries on King St. E. The last items from five floors of stuff will be sold off over the next few weeks.
11/22/1989