Arcade Coin & Stamp Galleries
10 King Street East, suite 301 M5C1C3 Toronto, ON, Canada

#OTD 1972, the Scenes of Canada series $5 was released. The layered colours of these notes gave them their nickname the Multicoloured series and also helpe...d make them difficult to counterfeit. Read the history behind this note on our blog https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca//the-fisher-the-photogr/ 5 dollars, Canada, 1972 See more

Losing #legaltender status in 2021: 1937 $2. The familiar colours of our bank notes were established with this series. This note was printed in a colour called ...sanguine. The only note to later change colour was the $50 which went from orange to red in 1975. See our blog. https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2020/04/retired-cash/ 2 dollars, Canada, 1937 See more

There are many types of errors to watch for. Cutting errors like this one tend to be fairly easy to spot!

Dear Customers, Due to the announcement about the lockdown made by Premier Ford today, we will be closed on Monday November 23 for at least 28 days. You may phone 416-368-6655 to leave a message. Thank you. Stay safe and healthy.

Reminder: WE ARE OPEN !! Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm.Reminder: WE ARE OPEN !! Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm.

At midnight #OTD in 1989, the East German government announced its citizens were free to cross the border to West Germany. Almost immediately, cheering crowds f...rom both countries swarmed the Berlin Wall and began tearing it down. This early coin from reunified Germany is identical to a West German coin and continued to be issued until the adoption of the euro. 2 deutsche marks, Germany, 1994 See more

#OTD in 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed, heralding the beginning of the Great Depression. It also among the reasons for the creation of the Bank of Ca...nada, which opened its doors six years later. This strip of ticker tape from that era indicates a new record set for total sales in the early days of the depression. High sales in the stock market meant extensive trading forcing the price of stocks to fall. Ticker tape, Canada, 1930 See more

#DYK that if you turned this note 90 degrees counter-clockwise, you can see the word sex spelled out in the palm leaves? Conspiracy theorists claim this is ...no accident because the Seychelles was trying to gain independence from Great Britain at the time. #TriviaTuesday 50 rupees, Seychelles, 1973 See more

#OTD in 1901, 63-year-old Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over the Niagara Falls in a barrel. She could have saved the bother, dug a... token out of her purse and taken the Niagara Gorge Railroad. And the view would have been far better. 1 fare, token, International Railway Co., Niagara Falls, USA See more

The Bank of Montreal started using the slogan, "First Canadian Bank" to emphasize its place in history, in 1969.

The Harvest Allegory on the back of the 1935 Bank of Canada $10 note was designed by British American Bank Note Company master engraver, Harry P Dawson and it certainly captures the spirit of this time of year. This allegory would appear on another bank note, can you name it?

New book announcement! The Trade Tokens of Newfoundland and Labrador & Prince Edward Island by Eric Leighton, FCNRS.

Thanks for helping make our #TorontoCoinExpo Fall Sale 2020 a huge success!