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The artifacts pictured on the cover form part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photographed by Gord Carter, Ottawa
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The note, signed by Merritt as company president, measures 184 mm by 82 mm and forms part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photography by James Zagon, Ottawa.
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The notes on the cover range in value from 5 ryo to 50 mon and date from the late eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. The largest measures 5.5 by 16.8 centimetres. All four pieces are part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photography by James Zagon, Ottawa.
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The 40-nummi piece was the largest and heaviest copper coin minted under Justinian. About the size of an old Canadian silver dollar, it weighs 22.76 grams. It was struck in Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire and is part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photography by James Zagon, Ottawa.