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    The Canadian Roots of the “Greenback”

    Successfully counterfeiting a bank note in the mid-19th century required an engraver with reasonably high talent and very low ethics.

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    Build a Bank Note: Classroom Resource for Teachers

    Teach your students about Canada’s history, land and culture – with money! Download the free lesson plan.

    For Teachers: Designing a Bank Note that Reflects Canada

    Canadian bank notes are designed to reflect Canadian values and identity. Here’s a lesson idea that uses the new $10 note’s theme of social justice and human rights to look at bank note design and to help your students design their own notes.

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September 16, 2013

Notes from the Collection : 2013 RCNA Convention Winnipeg

By: David Bergeron


Another convention of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association (RCNA) wrapped up in July. This year the convention was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the first time in over thirty years that the RCNA Convention made a stop there.
Content Type(s): Blog Subject(s): Reviews
September 6, 2013

First Artifacts to Leave the Museum: And they were big

By: Graham Iddon


Before the museum closed for renovations on 2 July, technicians began to remove the heavier artifacts in late May. First to go was the strong box. Built of ¼” thick welded steel plates, this trunk was used by the Bank of Upper Canada in Toronto between 1821 and 1866.
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August 30, 2013

Director’s chair : “I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello.”

By: Ken Ross


Most of us know the first part of Alexander Graham Bell’s take on opportunity: “When one door closes, another one opens…” What we often don’t recall is the second half of that quote, where he says: “…but we so often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
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August 26, 2013

Big Top Farewell, a Big Success

By: Graham Iddon


It was farewell to the Currency Museum as we know it this past Canada Day. Our annual 1 July event was circus-themed this year, featuring children’s games, clowns, balloon sculptures and ice cream.
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August 14, 2013

Museum on the Go: In The Money on now at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa

By: Louise-Anne Laroche


Summertime: a time to relax and, for most of us, to travel. Years ago, advertisers used to tell us how easy it was to travel: you only needed your bikini, your toothbrush and, naturally, a good travel agency to set you up anywhere in the world. That might still be true for people but for travelling exhibitions the packing process is a bit more involved.
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