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The City of Leeds Museum, in the city of Leeds, in the north of England, presents an exhibition Money Talks from February 11 to June 26.
The exhibition examines the other bureaucracy that requires cash, as well as the complex dating of the world with cash over the centuries: the effect cash has had on other people and how it shapes perceptions. The exhibition tells stories, asks questions about price and price, and even discusses sensitive topics such as gambling and addiction.
Among the wide range of pieces on display is a counterfeit Operation Bernhard banknote from the Leeds branch of the Bank of England. Operation Bernhard was an attempt by Nazi Germany to counterfeit British banknotes using artisans from concentration camps and destroy the British economy. In addition to In Leeds, banknotes representing branches in Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester were also counterfeited. Operation Bernhard has since been the subject of a movie, and counterfeit banknotes are popular as collectibles.
Some nineteenth-century banknotes, dating from before the passage of the Banking Charter Act in 1844 which granted exclusive powers of banknote printing to the Bank of England, highlight the city. The exhibition includes examples of the extinct and rarely noticed Leeds Union Bank and Leeds Bank.
One of the most recent pieces is a $100 trillion note issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
Other pieces come with Swedish currency and a couple of so-called coin clips that would be for cutting partial crowns.
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