1859 Pre-Confederation Canada Penny

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Raligard Valued Member United States 79 Posts	Posted 02/02/2013 10:05 pm I've had this penny for a long time, I think I picked it up from a small coin shop in Toronto some 25 years ago now. I've always loved it because it is in such nice condition and the Victoria bust is so beautiful. I would love to know more about it from more seasoned Canadian collectors. Edited by Raligard 02/02/2013 10:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Bill in Burl Valued Member 197 Posts	Posted 02/02/2013 10:18 pm I'm not sure what you are looking for. Yours is a nice, maybe VF-20, Victoria large cent. It was struck somewhere toward the end of the minting year, judging by the width of the vine gap at leaf 7 and the large gap at leaf 2. I don't see any specific apparent varieties on either side, but you will many times find the C in Canada, the 8 or 5 in the date, or some of the letters in the Obverse legend slightly doubled. There wewre approx 9.5 million minted and it is the most common of all the Vicky cents. Report this Post to the Staff
RoyalSilver Pillar of the Community Canada 933 Posts	Posted 02/02/2013 10:21 pm Thats a good looking coin! There are a ton of varieties for this date, a much closer look at the date will give us more information as to what variety this is and how much it is potentially worth Report this Post to the Staff
kuh_85 Pillar of the Community Canada 2366 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 12:09 pm Some of the varieties are identified here http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins...nt-1858-1859 but there are many more. As Bill says (and he is much more knowledgeable on this than I am!), the picture looks like a VF+ regular Narrow 9. So list price would be about $15. A very nice piece of history though! Report this Post to the Staff
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