Explore stories from our collection and our economic heritage.
August 5, 2015
Swindle! Canadian Phantom Banks
By: Graham Iddon
In exchange for pizza and a day out of the office, several Bank employees were persuaded to dress up in period costumes and re-enact three key moments from the history of this shady “bank”.
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July 21, 2015
Vignettes for a $1,000 bank note that never was
By: David Bergeron
In the mid 60s, high denomination notes were in such low circulation that Bank of Canada Governor Louis Rasminsky and the Minister of Finance discussed the possibility of actually dropping the denomination altogether.
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June 23, 2015
Loan and building society share certificates
By: Paul S. Berry
The Canadian financial system of today is diverse… A little known but once prolific system member was loan and building societies. These firms made loans for the construction or purchase of property against mortgages as collateral.
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May 21, 2015
New Acquisitions
By: Raewyn Passmore
Everyone loves getting presents, and we’re no exception. We recently received a very exciting donation of 50 silver coins. The collection was purchased in Lima, Peru, at an estate sale in the 1950s.
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April 6, 2015
The Adventure of Exhibit Planning IX
By: Graham Iddon
Our little team from the Museum stood in the education space of the Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum on a chill November morning while the exhibition technicians assembled our finished exhibition. Yes, finished.
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