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  • September 28, 2015

    Merchant scrip from Labrador

    By: David Bergeron


    Before banks were established in remote regions of Canada, paying employees involved shipping currency long distances into wild and often lawless locations. The alternative to this risky enterprise was for the company to issue its own money. Called scrip…
    Content type(s): Blog posts
  • September 15, 2015

    The 2015 Commemorative $20 Bank Note Revealed

    By: Graham Iddon


    It’s a historic day for us as well. It isn’t every day that the Bank of Canada introduces a new commemorative note.
    Content type(s): Blog posts
  • September 9, 2015

    Frontiers Series $20 Commemorative Note

    This note was issued on 9 September 2015 to honour Queen Elizabeth II as the longest-reigning sovereign in Canada’s modern era.
  • September 8, 2015

    Canadian Landscape Series $1 Commemorative Note

    All the notes in this series feature a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II based on a Yousuf Karsh photograph. The back of this note carries an image of the Centre Block of the original 1862 Parliament buildings.
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