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	<title>Collection Highlights - Bank of Canada Museum - Musée de la Banque du Canada</title>
	<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca</link>
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		<title>Love tokens: Change of heart</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2026/02/love-tokens-change-of-heart/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[For centuries, people have been adding alternative messages to coins as political protests, advertising, commemoration and—most charmingly—love and affection. Such things are called love tokens.]]></description>
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		<title>Three 50-cent pieces: The big changes to our small change</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2026/01/three-50-cent-pieces-the-big-changes-to-our-small-change/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The maple leaves, beavers, schooners and caribous appear unchanged every year on our regular issued coins. But the 50-cent piece is a different story, because every time our coat of arms has changed, so has the coin.]]></description>
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		<title>Whatever happened to the penny?  A history of our one-cent coin.</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2025/08/whatever-happened-to-the-penny-a-history-of-our-one-cent-coin/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea of the penny as the basic denomination of an entire currency system has been with Canadians for as long as there has been a Canada. But the one-cent piece itself has been gone since 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Treaties, money and art</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2024/08/treaties-money-and-art/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Canada Museum’s collection has a new addition: an artwork called Free Ride by Frank Shebageget. But why would a museum about the economy buy art?]]></description>
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		<title>Rai: big money</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2024/07/rai-big-money/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[An item is said to have cultural value when it can be directly associated with the history, people, beliefs or rituals important to a society. It’s the same with a rai—its value can be greater depending upon who authorized it, who carved it and who subsequently owned it.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcoming Newfoundland to Canada</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2024/03/welcoming-newfoundland-to-canada/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Newfoundland’s entry into Confederation marked the end of an era when Canadian provinces issued their own coins and paper money.]]></description>
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		<title>New Acquisitions—2023 Edition</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2023/12/new-acquisitions-2023-edition/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of the year again—the wrap-up of the Bank of Canada Museum’s annual acquisition program. Here are a few highlights of the latest additions to the National Currency Collection.]]></description>
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		<title>Caring for your coins</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2023/04/caring-for-your-coins/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Coin collecting can be a fun and fascinating hobby. But there are a few things you should know to keep your collection safe and in good condition. Because coins aren’t as robust as you might imagine.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Cents: Canada, 1943</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1962.0006.00168.000</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The beaver briefly disappeared from our nickel during World War II. So did the nickel typically used in minting the coin, a consequence of wartime rationing of the metal.]]></description>
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		<title>1 Cent, Framed: Canada, 1908</title>
		<link>https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1976.0009.00004.000</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[In January of 1908, Countess Grey, wife of the Governor General, inaugurated the new Canadian branch plant of the Royal Mint by ceremonially striking a one-cent piece- the first produced in Canada.]]></description>
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