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January 30, 2019

What’s Up Next for 2019?

By: Graham Iddon


Instead of bragging about our visitor statistics and the popularity our programming (both great!), we’ll talk about what’s coming up for early 2019.
Content type(s): Blog posts
January 24, 2019

Boer War Siege Money

By: Graham Iddon


As in any siege, Mafeking quickly began to run short of most things, not the least of which was cash.
Content type(s): Blog posts
January 3, 2019

The first Canadian nickel

By: David Bergeron


The size of the 1-cent coin was reduced to save on the cost of copper. At the same time, there were proposals to mint Canadian coins out of cheap and abundant nickel.
Content type(s): Blog posts
December 28, 2018

A Good Deal

By: David Bergeron


In Canada playing cards were used as form of emergency money at a time when the colony constantly suffered from a shortage gold and silver coins.
Content type(s): Blog posts
December 14, 2018

Esperanto: universal language¬—universal coinage?

By: David Bergeron


During the first international assembly of the Ligo in 1946, a decision was made to introduce a common world currency with an internationally stable value.
Content type(s): Blog posts
December 11, 2018

Tea brick Currency

By: Raewyn Passmore


Wars have been fought to control its trade and gifts of it have been made to ensure peace. It has even been used as currency.
Content type(s): Blog posts
December 7, 2018

Paul Berry is Retiring? Say it Ain’t So!

I can’t remember when I first met Paul, but it must have been shortly after his arrival in 1984. It seems like yesterday … No, it doesn’t, actually.
Content type(s): Blog posts
November 27, 2018

The Notebook of Viola Desmond: Transcription

Page 1 Shampooing What is shampooing?Shampooing is the act of scrubbing, rubbing and washing the hair with soap or its equivalent What effect has it upon the hair?For cleansing only How many fluids can you give?Three – soap, electric and dry shampoo Why is egg shampoo recommended for bleached or porous hair?Because it does not […]
November 26, 2018

Canada’s Vertical $10 Note

Explore and share the $10 polymer bank note featuring Viola Desmond.
November 20, 2018

A Noteworthy Woman

Through photographs, video and never-before-seen artifacts, this exhibition explored both the life of Viola Desmond and the imagery of the bank note she appears on.
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