The beaver briefly disappeared from our nickel during World War II. So did the nickel typically used in minting the coin, a consequence of wartime rationing of the metal.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1962.0006.00168.000
In January of 1908, Countess Grey, wife of the Governor General, inaugurated the new Canadian branch plant of the Royal Mint by ceremonially striking a one-cent piece- the first produced in Canad...
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1976.0009.00004.000
As the nineteenth century advanced, measures taken to foil counterfeiters became increasingly sophisticated.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1973.0006.00011.000
In 1858 the Province of Canada (Québec and Ontario) officially bid farewell to the pounds and shillings of its British superiors, choosing a decimal base for its first coin issue.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1971.0227.00001.000
Phantom banks were not banks but the brainchildren of shady characters who produced legitimate looking bank notes without any capital to back them up.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1972.0077.00023.000
Coins for New France were minted in France and shipped across the Atlantic.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1971.0112.00017.000
In 1685, the garrisons of New France found themselves short of the French coinage needed to pay their soldiers. An ingenious solution was proposed: use playing cards as paper money.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1971.0007.00010.000
With the Allied Nations demanding reparation payments of billions in gold after the First World War, Germany very quickly slid into inflation.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1966.0087.00134.000
During the Boer War, the small British garrison town of Mafeking was besieged by the Boer Army for 31 weeks.
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1966.0131.00664.000
This is an example of some of the earliest paper money. Like all early paper money, it was redeemable for hard currency or precious metal - in this case 1000 copper coins weighing around 3 kilogr...
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1963.0048.00039.000