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• July 29, 2014

  Just Add Milk!

  

  27 June – 30 November 2008
  This colourful exhibition of curiously shaped and widely varied milk tokens took visitors back to a time when a milkman and the rattle of bottles on your doorstep were a familiar part of every morning.
• July 28, 2014

  Becoming a Collector V

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Suppose you walk into a bar frequented by currency collectors and in an attempt to join in you refer to a ‘planchette’ as a ‘rosette’ (beer mugs hit the tables and the pianist stops playing). This could be pretty humiliating and you’ll probably never be able to go to that bar again, at least not on numismatic night.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• July 21, 2014

  Becoming a Collector IV

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Now that you have a grasp of preservation techniques for coins, you might want to familiarize yourself with the finer points of their anatomy. It is all part of your numismatic education and besides, you need to be informed and sound informed when you are buying coins at flea markets or coin fairs.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• July 15, 2014

  First Series $1000 Note

  

  The $1,000 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The front carries a portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s seventh prime minister.
• July 15, 2014

  First Series $500 Note

  

  This was the only $500 note ever issued by the Bank. Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., it features a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, wearing a fur-collared coat.
• July 15, 2014

  First Series $100 Note

  

  Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., the $100 note carries a portrait of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George V and Queen Mary.
• July 15, 2014

  First Series $50 Note

  

  The 1935 $50 note, which was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., features a portrait of Prince Albert, Duke of York, second son of King George V and Queen Mary.
• July 15, 2014

  First Series $25 Commemorative Note

  

  This special royal purple $25 note was issued on 6 May 1935 to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V.
• July 15, 2014

  First Series $20 Note

  

  Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., the $20 note features a portrait of 8-year-old Princess Elizabeth (granddaughter of King George V and later Queen Elizabeth II).
• July 15, 2014

  First Series $10 Note

  

  The front of the $10 note features a portrait of Princess Mary, only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary.