Can I Convince You Of The Date Of This Series 1876-1901 Victoria One Cent?

Only if you have time and are curious....

So, I have a Victoria one cent that I'm confident falls into the 1876-1901 series. The date is pretty much gone but by deduction (you might call it speculation or outright horseradish) I think it's an 1884 Obverse #2. Here's my logic using the picture composite below of my coin, and 1884 and 1894 coins.


The tail of the hair tie falls down the neck which puts it in the series 1876-1901.

If you look at the position of the last number in the date of the other two coins and then look at mine at the same position I claim that I can make out the remnants of a 4 (I know this is the weakest part of my logic as it's pretty much gone). But, assuming I'm correct I continue.

Now look at the highlighted part of the wreath is the 3 coins. The position of the point on the leaf relative to the vine seems consistent between mine and the 1884 coin but not for the 1894 coin. True one has a break in the vine and one does not but apparently vine breaks were common and so maybe a die variety is an answer.

Also, the 1884 coin is an obverse #2 (double chin, straight upper lip, bust close to beads, and open C in Canada - see coinsandcanada web site) which all look consistent with mine. The 1894 does not seem to have the double chin so is not listed as obverse #2.