Paul S. Berry - Chief Curator

  • November 15, 2016

    A Field Trip to Montréal and the MTM Auction: 2

    By: Paul S. Berry


    Several parties were bidding on lot #14 until it reached $10,000, at which point the contest was only between me and the gentleman who had underbid the previous lot.
    Content type(s): Blog posts
  • November 2, 2016

    A Field Trip to Montréal and the MTM Auction: 1

    By: Paul S. Berry


    The sale room was a hive of activity. About 20 people sat at tables scrutinizing lots, heads bent down with magnifying glasses pressed close to their faces.
    Content type(s): Blog posts
  • June 15, 2016

    New Acquisitions

    By: Paul S. Berry


    In May 2013, staff of the Bank of Canada Museum visited BABN and were able to select for the National Currency Collection more than 650 steel dies (small, engraved metal or “intaglio” plates) and other production tools formerly used by the company to prepare the intaglio printing plates.
    Content type(s): Blog posts
  • May 11, 2016

    New Acquisitions

    By: Paul S. Berry


    Canadians, on occasion, have used money as a signboard for political protest, a platform for social commentary and even as a handy notepad on which to record fleeting thoughts before they are lost.
    Content type(s): Blog posts
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