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	<title>The Museum Blog - Bank of Canada Museum - Musée de la Banque du Canada</title>
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		<title>Private Atkinson’s War</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/11/private-atkinsons-war/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Private Edward Atkinson’s example of trench art is what is called a “love token”—a souvenir made from a coin. It’s one man’s personal wartime experience expressed through a pocket-sized medium.]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Note/Billet de banque</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/09/bank-notebillet-de-banque/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The first Canadian paper money was issued in 1817, and for the next 120 years, the vast majority of Canadian bank notes were only in English.]]></description>
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		<title>RCNA Convention, 2019</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/07/rcna-convention-2019/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Bank of Canada Museum will be at the 66th annual convention of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association (RCNA).]]></description>
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		<title>Landscape Engraved</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/07/landscape-engraved/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Retaining the landscape format but showing human activity and intervention transformed the imagery into an extended portrait of Canada and Canadians.]]></description>
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		<title>The Hunting of the Greenback</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/05/the-hunting-of-the-greenback/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 13:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[During World War Two, the Bank created the Foreign Exchange Control Board (FECB). One of its major tasks was to find as many US dollars as possible to pay for American imports.]]></description>
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		<title>What goes up…</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/05/what-goes-up/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 13:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Economic bubbles continued to pop up regularly throughout history, and still do today.]]></description>
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		<title>Welding with Liquid</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/04/welding-with-liquid/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 04:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[In heritage conservation, broken metal objects can be reassembled with an adhesive most commonly used for repairing glass and ceramics.]]></description>
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		<title>Conserving the Spider Press</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/04/conserving-the-spider-press/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Used extensively in the 19th century, this type of hand-operated press printed secure financial documents using the intaglio method.]]></description>
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		<title>How Does $ = Dollar?</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/04/how-does-dollar/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[How on earth did an “S” with a line or two through it come to represent a dollar? Any ideas? No? That’s OK, you’re in good company.]]></description>
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		<title>TTC Tokens and the Proposed 1978 Cent</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2019/03/ttc-tokens-proposed-1978-cent/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1977, the Royal Canadian Mint wanted to reduce the size of the penny in response to the rising price of copper. Little did the Mint know that the Toronto Transit Commission’s reaction would force the cancellation of the program.]]></description>
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