LOOSE CHANGE: JUNE 14, 2026

 
The reflecting pool floor covered with coins

Disney has removed the coins from a World Celebration reflecting pool that was recently drained.

Previously, the concrete floor of the pool was littered with coins, small works, and other small debris.

Coins from Cinderella's Wishing Well at Magic Kingdom and other fountains and waterways throughout Walt Disney World—including this one—are collected periodically and donated to Make-A-Wish and Give Kids The World Village.

To read the complete article, see:
Coins Removed From World Celebration Reflecting Pool at EPCOT (https://wdwnt.com/2026/06/coins-removed-from-world-celebration-reflecting-pool-at-epcot/)

Liane Doumbia says her "stomach dropped" when she opened a letter from Service Canada in December stating she had a repayment to make.

She says she went on to read that she owed 20 cents — about a cent for each month she had been receiving the payments.

That letter directed Doumbia to repay the amount by cheque or money order. It indicated that if payment was not received, Service Canada "will recover this amount by deducting 25% from [her] monthly payment starting in March 2026, until the full overpayment amount has been paid back."

After making a freedom of information request, Radio-Canada learned Employment and Social Development Canada sent 3,491 letters alerting Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance and Old Age Security recipients they were overpaid $2 or less. These letters were "generated through automated systems."

To read the complete article, see:
Winnipeg woman gets 'ridiculous' federal letter seeking 20-cent repayment (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-repayment-letter-20-cents-9.7230577)

Around 2015, I had a massive collection of bank notes from all over the world, and also around that time, there were discussions about putting a Black woman on a (U.S.) bank note, Harriet Tubman. I decided I was going to create an exhibition which highlights people of African descent, Black people, Africans on bank notes.

When it left the museum, I brought it home, and ever since, I've been writing grants and working on getting funding to redesign the exhibition and have it in another space.

We had over 300 pieces of currencies in the exhibitions, 10 categories and each category had about 30 bank notes. Each one of those bank notes had an image where (we wrote) a narrative.

I teach world history, what you call black history: African American, African diasporic, African. I wanted as a historian to use the currency to tell a story or history of Africans and people of African descent from ancient times to the present. There is this thing that we, as historians, talk about that our history did not begin from the transatlantic slave trade because Africa had great kingdoms and empires and rulers.

To read the complete article, see:
Interview with Dr. Harcourt Fuller on the Black Money Exhibit (https://www.numismaticnews.net/interview-with-dr-harcourt-fuller-on-the-black-money-exhibit)

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