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The E-Sylum: Volume 22, Number 31, August 4, 2019, Article 34

MORE ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND MUSEUM EXHIBIT

Here's another article, this time from The Economist about the new exhibit at the Bank of England. I particularly enjoyed this origami flower made from banknotes. -Editor

A new exhibition at the Bank of England Museum is a reminder of the efforts both to establish and subvert the idea of money over time.

The central bank turns 325 this year. To celebrate this anniversary the bank has raided its archives for 325 objects that are broadly representative of its history (a recent two-part BBC documentary has also shown its inner workings). Unsurprisingly, many of the objects on display are money or ways of accounting for it. A tally stick dates from 1694,

To read the complete article, see:
A show at the Bank of England underscores the strange fiction of money (https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/07/30/a-show-at-the-bank-of-england-underscores-the-strange-fiction-of-money)

To read the complete article, see:
NEW BANK OF ENGLAND MUSEUM EXHIBIT (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n27a13.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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