A semi-annual publication, which ceased production in 2017, featuring articles related to the Canadian economy and to central banking.
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The tokens pictured on the cover are part of the National Currency Collection.
Photographed by Gord Carter, Ottawa.
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The note and court document shown on the cover form part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photographed by Gord Carter, Ottawa
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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.
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The notice measures 9 by 12 inches. It and the coins and tokens appearing on the cover form part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photography by James Zagon.
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The objects featured on the cover range in size from 1 to 2.5 inches in width. They form part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photography by James Zagon.
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The detector and notes form part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photography by James Zagon.
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The intaglio plate shown here is made of steel and measures approximately 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Together with the note, the engraver's chisel, and eyeglass, it is part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Photography by James Zagon.
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