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1859 Pre-Confederation Canada Penny

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 Posted 02/02/2013  10:05 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Raligard to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
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.

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02/02/2013 10:06 pm
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 Posted 02/02/2013  10:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bill in Burl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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.
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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
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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!
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