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February 13, 2025
10 cents 1865 to 1947 Newfoundland
The 10-cents Newfoundland coin started in 1865. Like the 5 cents, the design on the reverse was modified in 1903. The C under the date for 1941 to 1947 means these coins were made by the Royal Canadian Mint (the Mint also made the 1940 one, without any mint mark).
February 12, 2025
Bank of Canada values and prices of 2011 to 2025 banknotes
This is the first time that a series of Canadian bank notes are printed on any material but paper. Bank notes printed on polymer are already in circulation elsewhere. Internationally, the first non-paper notes were produced on a polyethylene material called Tyvek and issued in three countries in the early 1980s.
February 12, 2025
5 cents 1865 to 1947 Newfoundland
The 5-cents Newfoundland coin started in 1865. The design on the reverse was modified in 1903. In 1937-38, the Newfoundland government wanted to change the silver coin for a nickel one, like Canada, but never did due to several objections.
February 11, 2025
Lower Canada - Colonial tokens of Canada
Nowhere in British North America did the private copper tokens issued by merchants and others have a more fascinating evolutionary history than in Lower Canada - now Quebec. In the 1820s and 1830s, trade in Montreal, the colony's commercial centre, created a strong demand for coinage. As coins were often in short supply, privately produced tokens filled the void.
February 10, 2025
Bank of Canada values and prices of 2004 to 2011 banknotes
Research for a new note series was under way by 1997. As high-resolution colour copiers, inkjet printers, and computer scanners became more affordable, the potential for counterfeiting intensified. With the goal of having a new design ready by 2000, a process that usually takes six years was collapsed into three.
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