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	<title>Paul S. Berry - Chief Curator - Bank of Canada Museum - Musée de la Banque du Canada</title>
	<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca</link>
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		<title>Money of the First World War</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2018/11/money-of-the-first-world-war/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[In Europe, gold and silver coins largely disappeared from circulation as they were hoarded or as governments used the metal for the war effort.]]></description>
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		<title>Canada Financially Comes of Age</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2018/10/canada-financially-comes-of-age/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The First War Loan included bonds in denominations of up to $100,000. They matured in ten years and paid interest at 5 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>The 1936 dot set</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2018/04/new-acquisitions-9/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[To distinguish the new production from that of 1936, a small impression was added to the reverse dies, creating a raised dot on coins struck from those tools.]]></description>
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		<title>British Columbia gold pieces</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2017/05/new-acquisitions-8/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 14:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Although never released for circulation, these two pieces were part of the first official initiative to mint coins in Canada.]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese hansatsu: bookmark money</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2017/02/japanese-hansatsu-bookmark-money/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Often referred to as “bookmark money” because of their narrow, vertical format, Japanese hansatsu were among the world’s most distinctive currencies.]]></description>
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		<title>A Field Trip to Montréal and the MTM Auction: 2</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2016/11/field-trip-montreal-mtm-auction-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>A Field Trip to Montréal and the MTM Auction: 1</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2016/11/field-trip-montreal-mtm-auction-1/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 13:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Print dies and an engraver’s view of Canada</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2016/06/new-acquisitions-6/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>A U.S. half dollar counterstamped by Montréal merchant, L.C.Barbeau</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2016/05/new-acquisitions-5/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 14:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Loan and building society share certificates</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2015/06/new-acquisitions-3/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian financial system of today is diverse… A little known but once prolific system member was loan and building societies. These firms made loans for the construction or purchase of property against mortgages as collateral.]]></description>
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