The Museum Blog
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March 8, 2019
The Vertical Note That Almost Was
The printing firms’ design teams went to work and came back with a surprising result: vertical notes.
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February 19, 2019
The Coming of the Toonie
The life expectancy of a two-dollar paper note was about a year. But coins can last for more than 10 years.
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February 8, 2019
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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January 30, 2019
What’s Up Next for 2019?
Instead of bragging about our visitor statistics and the popularity our programming (both great!), we’ll talk about what’s coming up for early 2019.
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January 24, 2019
Boer War Siege Money
As in any siege, Mafeking quickly began to run short of most things, not the least of which was cash.
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January 3, 2019
Unpacking the Collection 11
The size of the 1-cent coin was reduced to save on the cost of copper. At the same time, there were proposals to mint Canadian coins out of cheap and abundant nickel.
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December 28, 2018
A Good Deal
In Canada playing cards were used as form of emergency money at a time when the colony constantly suffered from a shortage gold and silver coins.
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December 14, 2018
Unpacking the Collection 10
During the first international assembly of the Ligo in 1946, a decision was made to introduce a common world currency with an internationally stable value.
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December 11, 2018
Unpacking the Collection 9
Wars have been fought to control its trade and gifts of it have been made to ensure peace. It has even been used as currency.
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December 7, 2018
Paul Berry is Retiring? Say it Ain’t So!
I can’t remember when I first met Paul, but it must have been shortly after his arrival in 1984. It seems like yesterday … No, it doesn’t, actually.
