C. N. Journal Articles On Victorian Cents

Yep, they're very complicated years. I mispoke about the J punch, as I didn't mean to involve the 1882H yet. I'm purely concentrating on the 1881H for now.

I knew I was in for it when I found 10 die pairs after having gone through only 20 coins. It settled down a bit after that. I wouldn't be surprised if there were at least 50 die pairs. I knew there was someone conducting studies of the 1881 & 1882 but they obviously have remained unpublished and only available to a limited few for now. I may be able to publish the 1881 in the next couple months but I already know it won't be as complete as I would probably like. I usually have a sense that I have the 90-95% solution, because of sample size . But this study will require very high grade coins to do it justice, obviously problematic if sample size is insufficient. I think I've 've got about 60 on hand, none MS but a few AU, but I won't look at them until I think the study is reasonably complete - what I believe is the 80% solution in this case. It would be interesting to compare the results of two independent studies on this coin.

I doubt very much I will study the 1882. At a mintage of 4,000,000 I suspect that year would be brutal. I've got other more important coins of various denominations on my hit list.

BTW, I recently published the 1898H One Cent study I sent you few years ago. Its not quite the same since I made some amendments, and the sample size changed. You can access at https://substack.com/@classiccanadiannumismatics if you 'd like to check it out.

Rich

Those articles appear to be 1882 centric which isn't germane to my current work. In any case, since I'm not a RCNA member it will be difficult to access. However, I am a member of my local coin club, in Halifax. I actually don't mind conducting independent work that hopefully reinforces findings by others. And believe it or not, even though my die studies are not "forensic" in nature, I do discover things that others have not and the only way they'll know too is if they read my SubStack articles. Granted, I do not provide an image of every die break or repunched character. That's not the purpose of my studies; determining quantity of die pairs is, because that is what is fundamentally important. If the sample size is statistically significant, which I endeavour to achieve, relative die pair rarity is possible. The "holy grail" is finding all die pairs and determining die pair order of use. When I find a coin where one side is paired with 4 different opposite sides that's very cool. When I find a crossover obverse die that was used in a previous mintage year that's extremely cool too. A lot of content is free, some is not. I have the lowest subscription price Substack allows at 8 cents per day.

Once I complete the 1881 study it will be available for viewing and constructive critique. Might be a few months, since I have numerous other studies on the go, a couple of which will be published first (1881H 50C &1872H 5C are probably next). I'll have dozens of studies (not all will be die studies) published by 2028 when Halifax next hosts the RCNA convention. I'll probably have a vendor table so if anyone would like to talk to me in person about any of the studies that will be the opportunity.

RD