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I just bought a 1814 penny from canada! probably not that interesting to experienced coin collecters but my collection is just begining so I think its cool!  |
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 United States
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Personally, I think that the older Canadian coinage is a very overlooked area of numismatics. The designs are very nice and, from what I've seen, most of the strikes are quite beautiful. Congratulations on your new addition.  |
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Canada
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Are you sure about this coin, the earliest date I can find for Canadian 1ยข is 1858.
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Australia
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Before the large 1 cent coins started in Canada (1858) there were Bank tokens with the denomination of Penny. I have a beautiful one Penny from the bank of Montreal, Province of Canada 1842. Can anyone shed some light on what Canadians did for coinage before 1858? ie did they use British coins? BTW anything from Canada in 1814 is COOL!!!!!! Edited by toast
08/08/2005 03:49 am
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Canada
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and in the early 18 and 1700s canada had lots of imergrants so I heard they used coins from every where they had emmirgrants such as germany,england,france etc.
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New Zealand
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Ojo,the Magdalen Islands also had a very scarce 1d. token,which depicts a seal on an ice floe on the obverse,
& what looks like 2 gutted & dried fish on the reverse,
which also reminds me of those 'Speed the Plough' pieces from Prince Edward Island.
Aidan.
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Canada
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New Zealand
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Thanks,ojo.I had found this coin by chance & showed it to my boss.Here in New Zealand,we sometimes get some interesting pieces come out of the woodwork,as it were.Some
of my favourite pieces outside British Africa has to be the
pre-Confederation Canadian colonial coinages.
Aidan.
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United States
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This may not be the right thread to ask this question, however I was looking through my box of old Canadian coins tonight and discovered my oldest Canadian large cent was 1884.
Using the "old" system of grading, I would classify it somewhere between very good and about fine.
I don't have a Canada coin book handy. Can anyone tell me if the 1884 coin is scarce?
Thanks.
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Canada
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The value depends on the obverse. If the portrait of Queen Victoria shows her with a double chin then you have the most common variety.
VG-8 $5.00,F-12 $6.00,VF-20 10.00. If she has a round chin and nose you have the C2 portrait. VG-8 $50.00,F-12 $90.00.VF-20 $120.00. I always find these varieties quite difficult to distinguish.
Bill
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10/27/2005 9:13 pm
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Canada
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Thanks! I'll try to get up a pic of it.
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Canada
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Wate a minute. Queen victoria wasnt cornated untill the 1830s. this is 1814. |
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Ojo,could you please post some photos? I may be able to identify which colony it came from.Queen Victoria was crowned in 1837,having succeeded her uncle King William IV.
Aidan.
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