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Ningcumpoop Valued Member Canada 220 Posts	Posted 02/26/2020 10:58 pm I have finally found an 1884 C1. That spot in the binder has been empty for many years until now. Please excuse the photo flash. Report this Post to the Staff

1960NYGiants Pillar of the Community United States 666 Posts	Posted 02/26/2020 11:42 pm Congrats! LM of RCNA Member of CATC Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 02/27/2020 08:02 am Nice find! Scarce coin the Fine condition Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/27/2020 08:41 am I'll say VG, nice pick-up. Report this Post to the Staff
Ningcumpoop Valued Member Canada 220 Posts	Posted 02/27/2020 08:48 am Thanks. I marked the flip as VG. Now I need to find a single serif 1881 and 1 million varieties of 1859. Report this Post to the Staff
dan-in-crystal-lake Valued Member United States 493 Posts	Posted 02/27/2020 10:15 am Congrats on your'84! That is always a nice one to put your hands on. Good luck with the rest of your hunting. Report this Post to the Staff
Phil310 Pillar of the Community United States 1101 Posts	Posted 02/27/2020 10:43 am That's a tough one. Nice find! Report this Post to the Staff
papeldog Pillar of the Community Canada 1923 Posts	Posted 02/27/2020 5:03 pm Congratulations NiNGCumpoop also agree great find in any condition I haven't seen one for a while nice to know people still find them in the wild Report this Post to the Staff
Ningcumpoop Valued Member Canada 220 Posts	Posted 02/27/2020 6:14 pm I found it in a lot of large cents recently purchased on ebay. I wasn't expecting it to be in the lot as I was more interested in the 1859's and 1882's that were in there. Bonus. Report this Post to the Staff
zookeeperz Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 694 Posts	Posted 03/02/2020 07:56 am Hi folks just stumbled across this thread . Whilst Canadian coins isn't my forte and I collect mainly British Milled coins I still dip my toe in with the colonial cousins offerings from time to time. I picked up this 1884 C1 in an auction lot that I never knew was even in the box. Has a slight down side some goon albeit in a fancy scribe has worded "For Victoria In Canada God Bless on the obverse of the coin. It's very light but its there. Otherwise its a very decent grade coin. So I thought I would share my find :) Report this Post to the Staff
papeldog Pillar of the Community Canada 1923 Posts	Posted 03/02/2020 08:40 am Nice find Zookeeperz, as mentioned hard variety coin to find especially in Europe my guess would be an EF condition for wear Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 03/02/2020 11:43 am Does the "N" in Canada show signs of there being a full serif there (sometimes the right part of the N serif in Canada barely shows? It kinda looks like it in the photo. The single working die that made these for '84 used an old leftover 1876 die and repunched them. Edited by okiecoiner 03/02/2020 11:52 am Report this Post to the Staff
Ningcumpoop Valued Member Canada 220 Posts	Posted 03/02/2020 5:52 pm Very nice Zookeeperz Report this Post to the Staff
zookeeperz Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 694 Posts	Posted 03/04/2020 1:32 pm @okie Yes its there although the the left serif seems to be thinner than the right on the top? Also noticed a double foot on the R in Gratia bottom left has an extra serif doesn't appear on the R in Victoria so not a design feature. Also and again I don't know if this is typical for the date. 18 higher than 84 and the first appears slightly smaller top to bottom. Would appreciate your thoughts T.I.A Report this Post to the Staff
papeldog Pillar of the Community Canada 1923 Posts	Posted 03/04/2020 3:25 pm The 2 1884 obv 1 that I have match your search results zookeeperz Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 03/04/2020 5:32 pm I have 8-10 of the '84 Obv 1's, so I'll take a look when I have time to see what I have. Only 1 (I think) '76 die was repunched with the N's to make them full serif and used in /84. Maybe the R was repunched as well to clean the die up from weak letters. Report this Post to the Staff
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