In my #Money and Markets in #Canada class this week we're looking at Catherine Desbarats's "On Being Surprised: by New France's Card Money, for Example" (2021). Every time I read it, I appreciate the article even more. #histodons #EconHist #HistoryOfMoney #CdnHist #numismatics #history #NouvelleFrance #histoire @histodons

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/786788

Dan Rohde on the #history and politics of the Bank of the People (1835-1840), a short-lived financial institution in Upper #Canada / #Ontario. This is a timely piece that is a fine example of the light #histodons can shed on current events, in this case the recent (ongoing?) #BankingCrisis. #banks #money #CdnHist #HistoryOfMoney #EconomicHistory @histodons

https://moneyontheleft.org/2023/04/05/bank-of-the-people-history-for-moneys-future/

This is elegant: A specimen banknote of the Anglo-Egyptian Bank in Malta, 1886.

#Banknotes #PaperMoney #HistoryOfMoney #MoneyOfTheWorld #Banknote #currencies #numismatists

5 Rupee note, issued by the Government of India in 1858

#MoneyOfTheWorld #Banknotes #HistoryOfMoney #currency