Explore stories from our collection and our economic heritage.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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