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Question Concerning The Reverses Between A 1978 And 1979 Canadian Cent

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I know that the 1979 Canadian cent has a smaller portrait of Queen Elizabeth but on the reverses of both the 78 and 79 reverses are they supposed to have large beads or small beads or both?
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There are no beads on the reverse, there are denticles for both years.
Beads did not replace denticles on the reverse 'til the introduction of the twelve sided cent.
Denticles will vary.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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I think perhaps you are confusing reverse with obverse.
The monarch or rulers or hero's portrait is always considered the obverse.
Think of "heads or tails", "heads" is always the obverse regardless of where the date is.
Where there is no "head" the date side is called the obverse.


1978 1cent obverse has "large beads".
In 1979 a new obverse matrix was created, along with a completely new set of beads, there is no variety of beads, only one size and placed farther from the edge than those of previous years.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Thank you both and I should have remembered the the reverse "beads" are known as denticles. The reason for the question is the 78 has large denticles on the reverse and the 79 has small denticles.
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