Keeper Canadian Coins?

Let's see some pics!

Nice looking coin. I would grade it VF.

If you would like to have some fun and learn a lot about 1859 Narrow 9 Canadian cents, go to Dr. Haxby's catalog of the 1859 N9's and see if you can identify the actual die pair of your coin.

https://www.vickycents.com/

Thanks Phil! I did look for the varieties of 9's on vickycents.com. I'm still a bit confused. I will re-visit the site. Is that a skinny 9 or am I just doing some wishful thinking? See...confused.

I was thinking F and not VF! There are no big dings on the rim and the coin itself is pretty clear of scratches, etc.

VF-20+ narrow 9.

That particular reverse die was used probably longer than any other involved in striking the narrow 9's. The missing exterior vines (including the leaf 2 vine) are the result of Die Deterioration rather than an unrepaired vine break. I'm glad you pointed that out Bill. That coin could easily be mistaken for a reverse group G or I because of the apparent vine break at 2, but actually it is just a well worn Reverse group E die.

Oh what fun the 59's can be!

dsking, it is a narrow 9, not a wide 9. That particular die pair is a tricky one to ID, because of the die wear. So I will tell you the reverses die is E10.

https://www.vickycents.com/rev-e10.html

It is a normal coinage bronze cent, just like the 9.5 million plus others.

Yes, it's normal bronze, .95 CU, .04 Sn, .01 Zn. They were struck in London on the same presses and set-up as the Brit half pennies. But Canada wanted the planchets to be 1/3 thinner than the Brit half penny, so that 100 of them weighed exactly 1 pound and that 12 of them strung out to 1 foot .... they could be used as a type of "measure" for commerce. There were millions made and they are very inexpensive, except for some scarce varieties. Yours is worth $7-8 Canadian, but you wouldn't get that to sell it, unless it's a scarcer Haxby marriage.