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June 27, 2016

Repairing Steel Dies

Before they were to be placed in collection storage, these broken dies were evaluated for further conservation treatment. Ultimately, the decision was made to repair the breaks.
Content type(s): Blog posts
June 15, 2016

New Acquisitions

By: Paul S. Berry


In May 2013, staff of the Bank of Canada Museum visited BABN and were able to select for the National Currency Collection more than 650 steel dies (small, engraved metal or “intaglio” plates) and other production tools formerly used by the company to prepare the intaglio printing plates.
Content type(s): Blog posts
May 26, 2016

Mining the Miners

Now on at the Canadian Museum of History, Mining the Miners gives you another side of the Klondike gold rush: the outrageous prices and the enormous profits of a roaring boomtown economy. Among the opportunists, entrepreneurs and prospectors, see who really made the money in the last great gold rush. As well, check out a variety of artifacts from our collection that are unique to the Klondike and to Dawson City’s heyday.
May 24, 2016

A bank NOTE-able Woman II

By: Graham Iddon


On 15 April, the public consultation to select an iconic Canadian woman to appear on a bank note closed. Over 26,000 nominations were received following the Bank of Canada’s open call—a great success.
Content type(s): Blog posts
May 11, 2016

New Acquisitions

By: Paul S. Berry


Canadians, on occasion, have used money as a signboard for political protest, a platform for social commentary and even as a handy notepad on which to record fleeting thoughts before they are lost.
Content type(s): Blog posts
April 11, 2016

A bankNOTEable Woman

By: Graham Iddon


Representing significant women on national currency is gaining momentum all over the world. At least 12 countries currently feature historically notable women on their money…
Content type(s): Blog posts
March 30, 2016

Museum Reconstruction - Part 4

By: Graham Iddon


It seems a pretty strange building but now it has a solid roof, glass walls and doors. Doors? Ah, there’s your clue. It’s no skateboard park—it’s the entrance portico for the Bank of Canada Museum.
Content type(s): Blog posts
March 15, 2016

Decoding E-Money II

By: Graham Iddon


This has been an extremely challenging exhibition to develop. We are taking, for us, the unprecedented step of interpreting something that is not only current but continually changing.
Content type(s): Blog posts
March 3, 2016

Decoding E-money

It’s in your gift cards and maybe even your transit pass. It’s starting to appear on your phone. How far is it going to go and why is the Bank of Canada interested? Come take a look at the recent past and near future of e-money in this dynamic new exhibition by the Bank of Canada Museum.
February 18, 2016

New Acquisitions

By: David Bergeron


In late April of 2015, the National Currency Collection finally succeeded in acquiring a Spanish gold cob—famous in legends and tales of pirates and their buried treasures!
Content type(s): Blog posts
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