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An Islamic gold dinar minted by Offa, a Christian king of Mercia [ source ] If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I've been mor…

As crypto continues to move into the public's consciousness, curious people who aren't familiar with it often ask me if central bankers at th…

How would I feel if Judy Shelton was a candidate for Governor of the Bank of Canada? Here are my thoughts. A bit of background first. Judy Shelton w…

Scale & weights | Aylmer, Quebec | Canadian Museum of History   This post is for my dad, who says he doesn't understand my writing but remain…

I often write about odd monetary phenomena on this blog. Here's a new contender, Yemen's dual banknote system. Yemen uses the Yemeni rial as …

Last week, we finally got some information about what Libra's currency basket would look like. A Libra currency basket will reportedly include...…

Facebook recently announced a new cryptocurrency, Libra. I had earlier speculated about what a Facebook cryptocurrency might look like here for Bre…

In places like the U.S. and Europe, it is actually difficult—if not impossible—for a government to have its central bank pay for government programs…