Archives

• June 6, 2014

  1935: The First Series

  Though not designed or produced by the Bank of Canada, this series was the first to be issued by our new central bank— going into circulation on the day it opened.
• June 6, 2014

  Complete Bank Note Series

  

  This is the Bank of Canada’s portfolio. We’re very proud of it. Every denomination from every series on up to today can be found here.
• June 6, 2014

  About the Collection

  

  Boasting more than 110,000 artifacts, our collection includes currency from around the world and from all historical periods.
• June 6, 2014

  Search the Collection

  

  Looking for specific items in our Collection? Here you will be able to access all of the items in our Collection that have been digitized so far.
• June 6, 2014

  Collections

  Who likes money? We do, and lots of it. And here is your window to our enormous collection of currency and currency-related artifacts.
• June 6, 2014

  Broken Coins and Paper Promises

  

  24 July - 13 December 2009
  Broken Coins and Paper Promises explored the various functions of money and also illustrated what could happen in the absence of a central issuing authority like the Bank of Canada.
• June 6, 2014

  Of Kings and Queens and Common Folk: Karsh at the Bank of Canada

  

  12 June 2009 - 10 January 2010 This exhibit provided a glimpse into the early Bank of Canada through the lens of a master.
  For a limited time, the Museum proudly displayed a series of Karsh photographs documenting the early years of the Bank of Canada.
• June 6, 2014

  The Good, the Bad, and the Fake

  

  11 January - 11 August 2011
  This was a youth-oriented exhibition about counterfeiting and how to tell the difference between real and counterfeit paper money.
• June 6, 2014

  By All Accounts: 75 Years of Central Banking

  

  11 March - 24 December 2010
  Guests revisited the history of the Bank of Canada and its Governors as seen through the eyes of outside observers— journalists, cartoonists, headline writers, economists, politicians, government-appointed commissions and the Canadian public.
• June 6, 2014

  Fakes & Forgeries: Yesterday and Today

  

  26 August - 9 December 2011
  Visitors got a chance to play detective and see if they could tell a fake or a forgery from the real deal—courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum’s exhibition Fakes & Forgeries: Yesterday and Today, on display at the Museum.