After sleeping in and awesome homemade breakfast bagels sandwiches, Kevin and I went to The Currency Museum at the Bank of Canada. And it was free! It wasn't very big but had some cool exhibits about the history of what has been used as money. Everything from shells, to pelts, to playing cards. We saw coins from ancient countries of Rome and Greece and China. They had an exhibit on the history of Canadian currency. Finally there was a room with currency from all over the world both current and antique. It was actually quite interesting. The Bank of Canada here in Ottawa is where the paper currency is printed.
There are automatic hand sanitizer dispensers all over the city.
After the Currency Museum we went over to the Canadian Royal Mint. There are two in Canada; Winnipeg and Ottowa. All of the coins in circulation come from Winnipeg. Ottawa produces coins for investment and collecting. They even made a $1M gold coin in 2007 that has been on a traveling exhibit. Right now it is in storage in the basement until the 2010 Winter Games when it will be displayed again. The Ottawa mint is also where they are making the commemorative coins for the games as well as the Olympic medals. They just started the medals about a month ago so when the tour passed above the room where they are making the medals, the windows were all blacked out. The mint was not in operation today but the tour was still interesting.
I have my face in Miga. "Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, beyond Vancouver Island, near Tofino, British Columbia. Sea bears are part killer whale and part bear. (Miga is part Kermode bear, a rare white bear that only lives in British Columbia.)"
There are automatic hand sanitizer dispensers all over the city.
After the Currency Museum we went over to the Canadian Royal Mint. There are two in Canada; Winnipeg and Ottowa. All of the coins in circulation come from Winnipeg. Ottawa produces coins for investment and collecting. They even made a $1M gold coin in 2007 that has been on a traveling exhibit. Right now it is in storage in the basement until the 2010 Winter Games when it will be displayed again. The Ottawa mint is also where they are making the commemorative coins for the games as well as the Olympic medals. They just started the medals about a month ago so when the tour passed above the room where they are making the medals, the windows were all blacked out. The mint was not in operation today but the tour was still interesting.We couldn't take any pictures inside the mint but we went ahead and stuck our heads in a couple of giant Olympic quarters. Kevin's face in in Sumi. "Sumi is an animal spirit who lives in the mountains of British Columbia. Like many Canadians, Sumi's background is drawn from many places. He wears the hat of the orca whale, flies with the wings of the mighty thunderbird and runs on the strong furry legs of the black bear."
I have my face in Miga. "Miga is a young sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod, beyond Vancouver Island, near Tofino, British Columbia. Sea bears are part killer whale and part bear. (Miga is part Kermode bear, a rare white bear that only lives in British Columbia.)"
After the mint, we went back by the war monument I saw the other night. When we got closer we could see the dates around the base recognizing three modern wars; World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.
The monument depicts the progression of the soldiers uniform.
The monument depicts the progression of the soldiers uniform.At the base of the monument was a tomb of the unknown soldier.
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