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For us, its removal from the Garden Court dramatically marked the Currency Museum’s closing. The big stone’s return now performs the opposite role for the new Bank of Canada Museum—heralding its opening.

In a modern twist, Governor Stephen S. Poloz took a “selfie” while holding a C150 note before meeting up with the Honourable Ginette Petipas Taylor for the main photo op.

Although never released for circulation, these two pieces were part of the first official initiative to mint coins in Canada.

Canada’s cultural and regional diversity is a key part of our nation’s identity. However, it’s an enormous challenge to represent such concepts on a 7 by 15 centimetre piece of polymer.

It’s a very flexible design and right now our graphics team is busy adapting it to a dozen different uses and formats.

Unveiled on 7 April 2017, this unique bank note celebrates the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation.

In the middle of the 19th century, a French lawyer and adventurer named d’Antoine de Tounens became fascinated by the Mapuche people of the Patagonia region of South America. At the time, they were struggling to protect their ancestral lands, their identity and their culture from colonial expansion by the governments of Chile and Argentina.

So how’s the Bank of Canada Museum progressing? Everything seems to be ticking along just fine, thanks.

Often referred to as “bookmark money” because of their narrow, vertical format, Japanese hansatsu were among the world’s most distinctive currencies.