AY Honors/Currency/Answer Key 2 - Revision history

JadeDragon: fix wikipedia links

2024-09-30T19:56:06Z

fix wikipedia links

JadeDragon at 19:51, 30 September 2024

2024-09-30T19:51:16Z

JadeDragon: headings and links to company scrip

2024-09-30T19:50:09Z

headings and links to company scrip

JadeDragon: /* Mint Marks */ clear US info

2024-09-30T19:27:18Z

Mint Marks: clear US info

JadeDragon at 19:25, 30 September 2024

2024-09-30T19:25:18Z

JadeDragon: /* Notes */ move coin composition

2024-09-30T19:24:47Z

Notes: move coin composition

JadeDragon: /* More Detailed History of the Royal Canadian Mint */

2024-09-30T19:22:05Z

More Detailed History of the Royal Canadian Mint

JadeDragon: /* Coins */

2024-09-30T19:20:17Z

Coins

JadeDragon: /* Royal Mint */ add heading for coins

2024-09-30T19:15:31Z

Royal Mint: add heading for coins

JadeDragon: reorder

2024-09-30T19:14:40Z

reorder

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-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_money
+Please review the [[w:History_of_money|History of money]] article.
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-For more modern examples look at articles on [w:Company_scrip|Company Scrip] and [w:Truck wages|Truck wages].
+For more modern examples look at articles on [[w:Company_scrip|Company Scrip]] and [[w:Truck wages|Truck wages]].
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 File:Chevronbeads.jpg|Trade beads
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 File:Erythroxylum coca.jpg|Coca paste
 File:Yap Stone Money.jpg|Stone money
 File:Chevronbeads.jpg|Trade beads
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 A lot more detail on the RCM and its facilities can be found on Wikipedia’s [[w:Royal_Canadian_Mint|Royal Canadian Mint]] article. The RCM itself is very history focused so Pathfinders should check out [http://Mint.ca Mint.ca]
-===Want a Field Trip?===
+====Want a Field Trip?====
-Both Ottawa and Winnipeg Mints are open for paid public and group tours. You can also visit interesting exhibits and a gift store showcasing RCM coins for free.
+Both Ottawa and Winnipeg Mints are open for paid public and group tours. Both facilities also have free interesting exhibits and you can browse the a gift stores showcasing RCM coins.
 ===Bank of Canada=== <!--T:18-->
 The '''[[W:Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing|Bureau of Engraving and Printing]]''' ('''BEP''') is an government agency in the United States Department of the Treasury that primarily prints Federal Reserve notes for the Federal Reserve, but also produces a variety of other government security documents.

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 '''[[W:Mint_mark|Mint marks]]''' in Canada are different from those found in the United States because all circulation coins are made in Winnipeg. The RCM does use mint marks for various reasons including test coins, and for promotional reasons. Wikipedia has a good run down of these marks at [[w:Royal_Canadian_Mint|Royal Canadian Mint]]
 ===More Detailed History of the Royal Canadian Mint===

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 ===Want a Field Trip?===
 Both Ottawa and Winnipeg Mints are open for paid public and group tours. You can also visit interesting exhibits and a gift store showcasing RCM coins for free.
 ==Paper Currency/ Notes==

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 ===Want a Field Trip?===
 Both Ottawa and Winnipeg Mints are open for paid public and group tours. You can also visit interesting exhibits and a gift store showcasing RCM coins for free.
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 Nickels are also made from the 75-25 alloy, and the cent which was a copper coin, is now composed of copper plated zinc. The cents are less expensive to manufacture, and weighs 2.5 grams and is about 20 percent less than cent coins previously minted with 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc, which weighed 3.11 grams. The composition of the cent was changed in 1982, and cents, and both copper and copper-plated zinc cents were produced in that year.
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 ==Coins==
-<big>Big text</big>===Royal Mint===
+===Royal Mint===
 Before 1908 the [[w:Royal Mint|Royal Mimt]] produced coins for Canada, mainly from London, UK.
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 Both Ottawa and Winnipeg Mints are open for paid public and group tours. You can also visit interesting exhibits and a gift store showcasing RCM coins for free.
 ===Bureau of Engraving and Printing=== <!--T:18-->
 [[image:BureauEngravingPrintingSeal.jpeg|right|Seal of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing]]
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-Coins made of layers, like a metal sandwich. US dimes and quarters since the elimination of silver content in 1965 are good examples of clad coins.
+Coins made of layers, like a metal sandwich. US dimes and quarters since the elimination of silver content in 1965 are good examples of clad coins. Canadian coins have never been clad.
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-Commemorative coins are legally issued coins with a design intended to commemorate or draw attention to some event or person. They are so called to distinguish them from regular issue coinage.
+Commemorative coins are legally issued coins with a design intended to commemorate or draw attention to some event or person. They are so called to distinguish them from regular issue coinage. Some commemorative coins are released for general circulation while others are only sold into the collector market.
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 Today RCM’s Winnipeg facility mints all Canadian circulation coins as well as foreign coins for RCMs many international customers. They report minting over 1 billion coins a year.
 ===Mint Marks===
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 ===More Detailed History of the Royal Canadian Mint===
 A lot more detail on the RCM and its facilities can be found on Wikipedia’s [[w:Royal_Canadian_Mint|Royal Canadian Mint]] article. The RCM itself is very history focused so Pathfinders should check out [[http://Mint.ca Mint.ca]]
 ===Bureau of Engraving and Printing=== <!--T:18-->