Explore stories from our collection and our economic heritage.
April 22, 2014
This month’s selections highlight various areas of Collection development. These include what are called financial instruments: items such as stocks, bonds shares and other articles that represent a contract to deliver money in some manner.
Notes from the Collection: Recent Acquisitions II
By: Paul S. Berry
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April 3, 2014
In early February, a small group from the Bank’s Communications Department booked a brief tour of the main floor and first basement at the Wellington Street head office. It’s still in the demolition phase of the renovation.
Museum Reconstruction - Part 1
By: Graham Iddon
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March 28, 2014
Notgeld, German for emergency money, first appeared at the beginning of World War One and was issued until 1924. Through these notes we can see the entire story of Germany’s experience with out-of-control inflation between the wars.
Notes from the Collection: Notgeld, Emergency Money from Interwar Europe
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February 27, 2014
Before the Museum closed, and the Collection moved to Gatineau, the curators regularly hosted a show and tell session for staff to see new acquisitions. With the help of the Museum’s new blog, that tradition will continue; only now, you too will be able to see and learn about some of the brilliant new stars in the Collection. Get out your sunglasses!
Notes From the Collection: Recent Acquisitions
By: Paul S. Berry
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February 14, 2014
If we had a nickel for every time people asked questions like that, we’d have… Well, I suppose we have roughly that number of nickels already; we have a long history as a currency museum after all. When the museum was open, somebody would ask a similar question several times a week.
We’re the Currency Museum, not the Mint
By: Graham Iddon
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