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May 24, 2019
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.
The Hunting of the Greenback
By: Graham Iddon
May 15, 2019
Economic bubbles continued to pop up regularly throughout history, and still do today.
What goes up…
By: Graham Iddon
April 25, 2019
In heritage conservation, broken metal objects can be reassembled with an adhesive most commonly used for repairing glass and ceramics.
Welding with Liquid
By: Stephanie Shank
Content Type(s):
Blog
Subject(s):
Collection
April 22, 2019
Used extensively in the 19th century, this type of hand-operated press printed secure financial documents using the intaglio method.
Conserving the Spider Press
By: Stephanie Shank
Content Type(s):
Blog
Subject(s):
Collection
April 1, 2019
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.
How Does $ = Dollar?
By: Graham Iddon
Content Type(s):
Blog
Subject(s):
Collection,
History
