Blog posts

• February 26, 2025

  New acquisitions—2024 edition

  By: David Bergeron, Krista Broeckx

  
  

  

  Bank of Canada Museum’s acquisitions in 2024 highlight the relationships that shape the National Currency Collection.

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• February 11, 2025

  Money’s metaphors

  By: Phillipe Audet-Cayer, Graham Iddon, Patricia Marando

  
  

  

  Buck, broke, greenback, loonie, toonie, dough, flush, gravy train, born with a silver spoon in your mouth… No matter how common the expression for money, many of us haven’t the faintest idea where these terms come from.

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