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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by scoutjim99
06/04/2006 6:03 pm
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Sorry, Scoutjim, technically those are pennies (and halfpennies), not cents - they're predecimal, on par with British pounds, shillings and pence. Flicking through the Krause, the oldest official "cent" I can spot is the Province of Canada, 1858-9 issue. If privately-issued tokens count, then the oldest Canadian cent I have is this one from Prince Edward Island:   I know, it doesn't actually say "cent", but it's listed in the 1977 Charleton as a cent, Charleton# 172a. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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New Member
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Since there's no actual prize for the winner, then tokens and everything else will certainly count. Nice pictures everyone!
Cheers
M
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Canada
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I have an 1854 Bank of Upper Canada 1/2 penny. What I *don't have is a digital camera (or, actually, a camera od any kind). :-\ Gotta rectify that soon.
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United States
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okay sap you are right LOL I will have to post some otherones
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New Zealand
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quote:
Originally posted by markjudge
Sorry guys, I'm bored and in need of making a post 
A small contest to see who has the oldest Canadian or Pre-Confederation Large Cent. Pictures are required to verify. The winner will receive the satisfaction of knowing he or she is the winner, as well as the admiration and respect of their peers. 
I'd offer up a real prize, but I'm way to cheap for that,
Here is my submission: an 1865 Pre-Confederation Newfoundland Large Cent
Mark,I have got one of these.I also have got the 1859 Canadian 1c.,an 1871 Prince Edward Island 1c.,plus the Nova Scotian & New Brunswick 1c. coins.I have most of the other dates of the Newfoundland large 1c. coins up until 1919C.I am missing a few dates such as the 1872H coinage alignment & the 1936. There was a trader's token that was inscribed 'ONE CENT'.It was issued by a trader who was located in Charlottetown,P.E.I. until he moved to another colony.I cannot remember who this was.If you have a copy of the Charlton Canadian Token Catalogue,please can you look it up. |
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quote:
Originally posted by Aidan Work
Mark,I have got one of these.I also have got the 1859 Canadian 1c.,an 1871 Prince Edward Island 1c.,plus the Nova Scotian & New Brunswick 1c. coins.I have most of the other dates of the Newfoundland large 1c.
coins up until 1919C.I am missing a few dates such as the 1872H coinage alignment & the 1936.
There was a trader's token that was inscribed 'ONE CENT'.It was issued
by a trader who was located in Charlottetown,P.E.I. until he moved to another colony.I cannot remember who this was.If you have a copy of the Charlton Canadian Token Catalogue,please can you look it up.
Aidan No unfortunately I don't have a copy of the Charlton.  |
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Mark,the trader that issued the Prince Edward Island 1855 1c. token was James Duncan,who dealt in hardware.
He moved to P.E.I. from Montreal.I found it listed in my battered 3rd Edition of 'Coins of Canada' by R.C. Willey & J.A. Haxby.
Aidan.
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United States
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One of my dearest friends surprised me today with an 1859 large cent!YEA!!!!I can't quit looking at it.I can't believe it,I'm so excited!Looks like I get to enter the contest after all.YeeHah!sn31.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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An 1859 cool!!!!!!!!!!! (Thought it was an 1852?) Hmmmmm
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United States
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Nope,it's an 1859 :) sn31.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a great coin to have. It leaves spaces now for you to fill between 1860 and 1911...right? And you're in this little "contest"...yes?
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New Zealand
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Dsking,there weren't any Canadian 1c. coins issued in 1860.The first issue after the 1859 issue is the 1876,
which differs from the 1858-59 issue in 2 respects;
The 1859 1c. depicts a bun-head portrait of Queen Victoria,whereas,the 1876 1c. depicts a crowned portrait.
The 1859 1c. was rejected because of its light weight,
whereas,the 1876 1c. weighs the same as the British 1/2d.
Aidan.
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Thanks Aidan Work! I'm not a true collector of Canadian albeit I have a book full of them. That's interesting about the 59 though. Why, how or by whom was it "rejected"? Did it circulate? Number minted? Does that make it more valuable or less for a collector?
The 59 does have a very young and beautiful portrait of Queen Victoria that I found to be amazingly nice.
So I guess that sn31 can now search between 1876 and 1911 to fill her spaces.
Thanks for the info...informative!
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06/20/2006 10:10 am
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New Zealand
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Dsking,the Canadian Government had to discount the coins by about 5% to keep them in circulation,because
of their light weight.As to the mintage,there were 2,000,000 struck.I don't know if this includes the 1858's.There are several varieties such as misplaced numbers in the 1859.Some varieties are so scarce,you'd have so much trouble finding them.
Aidan.
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