🍁Canada Day Week: A Penny a Day🪙✨ Our penny was never worth a penny—just a cent. But it used to mean a lot to us. Read a little history on the copper coins we said goodbye to more than a decade ago—on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/3VaLh7g #SundayReading

🍁Canada Day Week: A Penny a Day🪙✨ Check out this pattern coin on the left, a test sample for the first government one-cent piece of the Province of #Canada. The design on the right is the official design that was in circulation until 1920. #SaturdayArtifact

🍁Canada Day Week: A Penny a Day🪙✨ The purple pitcher plant was on Newfoundland’s cent from 1865 to 1947. But the original wreath of pitchers was felt to be unnatural looking, so a very realistic version was created for the smaller coin of 1938. #FridayFunFact

🍁Canada Day Week: A Penny a Day🪙✨ Memento of a Derailment.🚂 After an 1897 train wreck in New Brunswick, some of the scattered cargo of 5.5 tonnes of pennies went missing—only to turn up later as hand-marked souvenirs of the event.😲

🍁 Canada Day Week: A Penny a Day 🪙✨ Coins were so hard to come by in 1830s #NovaScotia that even counterfeits of the unlawfully issued provincial government tokens freely circulated—including ones dated 1382! 😲

Hasn’t our 50-cent piece been the same since forever? 🤔 No, actually, and you don’t need to look that closely to find out. 👀 Our changing coat of arms and the coin that’s carried it since 1937—on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/45htWiH #SundayReading

A Medieval Calculator.🧮 Jetons are not coins but tokens used to perform calculations on a counting table—much like an abacus. Jetons sometimes had religious or political references on them. #FridayFunFact

On June 29, join Bank of Canada Museum Assistant Curator Krista Broeckx for her virtual presentation, “Reconsidering Wampum in Numismatic Collections,” part of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association 2026 Convention. 7:00 p.m. ET. 🔗 https://www.rcna.ca/2026/OnlinePresentations-EN.pdf

#StJeanBaptisteDay🎉has been celebrated in Quebec in one way or another for 400 years. It was made a public event for patriotic celebration in 1834 and an official holiday in 1925.📜 Enjoy your day! 💙⚜️ #SaintJean

🥇🪙 Did you know Canada’s first Olympic coin program helped fund the 1976 Montréal Games—and launched artistic careers along the way?🎨 🔗Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4vl5d85

The Museum is temporarily closed. Please check our website for updates. 👉 https://bit.ly/3InMt16

Keep the education in your end-of-school activity with Money Conversation Cards.💵💬 Questions that spark discussion and personal finance in your students—and fun, too. Download ‘em, print ‘em. 👉 https://bit.ly/48YbL46 #EndOfYearFun

📅 #Today is Sensory Sunday. 🕘From 9:00 am until noon, we are providing a dimmer, quieter environment. 🎧🕶️Pick up a sensory kit from our reception. 👉 https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP #AutismAwareness

🦸Does it take a superhero to explain economic concepts? No, but it helps. Economic opportunity costs and why Spiderman🕸️ shouldn’t be doing his own renovations—on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/3Zjq8aB #SundayReading

Hey, it’s #FathersDay tomorrow!👔🎉 It’s hard work being a parent—and your dad deserves a little break.😄💙 Take him to the Museum.🏛️ We think that’s a great idea.👍 Always free, plan your visit. 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz #CelebrateDad

A piggy bank for adults 🐷💰 This lockbox was offered by The Northern Bank as a home savings tool. Once filled with cash, you would take it to the bank to deposit the contents. You had to, the bank kept the key. #SaturdayArtifact

Danzig was a city that had been annexed by 6 different nations over its history. It had become a city state between the World Wars, when it issued this note. Today it is the Polish city of Gdańsk. #FridayFunFact

Tomorrow at the Museum: go behind the scenes with the Royal Canadian Mint and discover how coins are made. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Always free Details: 👉 https://bit.ly/4txpoOi

📅 This #weekend: Sensory Sunday. We’re turning down the lights🔅 and the volume🔉. A calm and quiet visit for sensory-sensitive visitors. 👉Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP #AutismAwareness

Help your students learn their bank notes and coins with our printable, Bank of Canada approved play money. Make change, have some end-of-school-year fun. Money that won’t break the bank. 👉 https://bit.ly/3PObCXa #EndOfYearFun

Fifty bank notes that represent 50 years of the life of an artist. Read about the significance of the $5 bill to many First Nations people in an interview with artist Frank Shebageget about his artwork, Free Ride—on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/4cf0N8k #SundayReading

The Royal Canadian Mint introduced a gold coin so pure that it became the world’s premier bullion coin. 🪙✨ In 1979, it was 99.9% pure. Today’s “Maple Leaf” coins are 99.99% pure gold. #SaturdayArtifact

Ottawa’s Château Laurier Hotel opened #OTD in 1912. 🏨✨ It appears on the left horizon of the vignette of the Scenes of Canada one-dollar bank note. Sir Wilfrid Laurier helped secure the land for the hotel and it was named in his honour. #FridayFunFact

💵 Our exhibition #MoneyInTenQuestions is running now at the Yarmouth County Museum and Archives. 📚✨ It makes learning about money and personal finance fun. Really—we’re not kidding! 👉 https://bit.ly/4cEBGye

⚽ The world is watching 👀 As the FIFA World Cup unites fans, we’re spotlighting coins that celebrate the beautiful game—where money meets sport. #FIFAWorldCup

It’s #WorldAntiCounterfeitingDay🛑💵 Do you know how to spot a fake bank note? The Bank of Canada has a video for you. Just feel, look, tilt and flip. Check it out and stay vigilant! 👉 https://bit.ly/3GVRcqB

Discover how coins are made—go behind the scenes with experts from the Royal Canadian Mint. Part of our Montréal 1976: The legacy of the Olympic coins exhibition. Friday, June 19 | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm 👉 https://bit.ly/4txpoOi #Free

June is #NationalIndigenousHistoryMonth🧡 #NIHM2026 This coin celebrates the Inuit homeland with works by artists from Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut and Inuvialuit. 🎨❄️

Most nations’ bank notes feature some historical person, place or thing that resonates with a people’s sense of collective pride. But India’s inclusion of Mahatma Gandhi also provides an image of hope. #HopeMW

It was among the first European industries in Canada🍁 but was established in a London coffee☕ house. It’s the Hudson’s Bay Company. The #FurTrade—and the department store— on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/3RB2NRm #SundayReading

During the financial panic of 1837–39, the right to exchange bank notes for precious metal coins was suspended by US and Canadian banks. Naturally, criminals took advantage, issuing notes from non-existent Canadian banks: phantom banks. #SaturdayArtifact

Central banking is serious business, but learning about it can be a lot of fun… 🚀 Our visitors can fly a virtual rocket ship to help keep Canada’s economy on track for its 2% inflation target.📊 (No laser blasts here—we’re not that kind of museum 😄) #FunInTheMuseumMW

Modern polymer bank notes like this one are fully recyclable. ♻️💵 The resulting material can be re-used, for example, as construction materials. See our video on the subject. 👉 https://bit.ly/3CWND43 #Museums4ThePlanetMW #FridayFunFact

Many a historian has wistfully asked, “If only this artifact could speak, what stories could it tell?” It’s probably a good thing this one can’t talk.😳 #IfObjectsCouldSpeakMW

#YouAreTheEconomy is a major educational resource for middle and high school students.🧠📊 ⚡Discover how you impact the Canadian and global economies through 6 engaging lesson plans. End your school year with some fun! 🎉 👉 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3BoGCIr #FinancialEducation

Several ancient texts feature a story of a great flood. The Holy Bible’s version has a dove leave Noah’s ark and return with a branch of olive leaves in its bill—a sign of dry land and a symbol of hope and peace. #Museums4PeaceMW

From queens to changemakers👑✨ Discover how real women are finding their place on bank notes around the world—and what that says about history, power, and representation. 👉 Read the blog: https://bit.ly/4x6PtqI

Do you have a child who is sensory sensitive? You can make their Museum experience a gentler one by borrowing one of our sensory bags: noise cancelling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses and more. 👉 https://bit.ly/47Et5Xx #AccessibilityWeek

Today is the first day of #MuseumWeek, a #UNESCO sponsored worldwide social media event fostering dialogue amongst museums and other cultural institutions. 🏛️🤝 Each day features a different theme 📅—follow along this week to see our take! 👀 👉 https://bit.ly/4d2TV1F

📅 #Today is Sensory Sunday. 🕘From 9:00 am until noon, we are providing a dimmer, quieter environment. 🎧🕶️New: pick up a sensory kit from our reception. 👉 https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP #AutismAwareness

You carried her art🎨 in your pocket. She’s Dora de Pédery-Hunt, creator of the 3rd portrait of #QueenElizabethII to appear on our coins. Learn more about her and her work on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/4vGBDuo #SundayReading

#OTD in 1806, Andrew Jackson, the future president of the United States, fought a pistol duel with a horse breeder named Dickinson. Dickinson got his shot off first and wounded Jackson. Jackson’s gun misfired, but he re-cocked his pistol and killed Dickinson. #SaturdayArtifact

Welcome, ONA attendees!🎉 The Ontario Numismatic Association 2026 convention is in Ottawa this weekend—make time for a quick (and free) side trip to the Bank of Canada Museum to see highlights from our world class numismatic collection. Plan your visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3TJrwCz

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Tomorrow at the Museum: go behind the scenes with the Royal Canadian Mint and discover how coins are made. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm | Always free Details: 👉 https://bit.ly/4txpoOi

📅 This #weekend: Sensory Sunday. We’re turning down the lights🔅 and the volume🔉. A calm and quiet visit for sensory-sensitive visitors. 👉Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kg5lGP #AutismAwareness

Can a big stone ring be money?🪨💰 It sure can!😲 But it’s not your run-of-the-mill currency. Read all about how stone money from Micronesia works—on the blog. 👉 https://bit.ly/465GAAo #SundayReading

Between 1855 and 1859, the Province of Canada granted charters to 24 banks! Among the dodgiest was the International Bank of Canada. When it closed in 1859, it left $119,000 of notes in the economy—none worth so much as a dime😲. #SaturdayArtifact

The portrait on this 1990 loonie🪙 is highly significant.✨👑 It is the first coin effigy of a reigning monarch produced by a Canadian artist🎨: Dora de Pédery-Hunt. #FridayFunFact

Discover how coins are made—go behind the scenes with experts from the Royal Canadian Mint. Part of our Montréal 1976: The legacy of the Olympic coins exhibition. Friday, May 29 | 10:00 am to 3:00 pm 👉 https://bit.ly/4txpoOi #Free