Large Canadian Cent "Question"

Here is a list of large cents from Charlton.

PROVINCE OF CANADA
1858 2 types both types are key
1859 6 listed types, many known varieties 4 types are key

CANADA
1876 specimen
1876H 2 types
1881H 2 types
1882H 3 types
1884 2 types one type is key
1886 2 types one type is key
1887
1888
1890H
1891 6 types 4 types are key
1892 3 types
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898H
1899
1900
1900H
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1907H one type is key
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
this is just the basics and there are more known varieties. Sorry if I missed anything but I'm sure someone will fill in the gaps if I did

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All 1882H's have a large H over a small H, but some of the underlying small H's are pretty faint and any well worn coin will probably obliterate it, but all have R/P'd mintmarks. 1882 is a wonderful variety year. You have Obv 1's, 1a's, 1/1a's, Obv 2's and Obv 2's with the smooth round chin/throat of a #1, but Obv 2 where the crown tip meets the bead and at the neck truncation. Look closely at the N's in Canada and Regina and although not as much variation as in the 1881's, you will see lots of repunching.

Here's a picture of two different obverse 1's one with full serif N's and one with single serif N's both coins are 1882

I think that this might be the second coin that you mention in your post oklacda, what would the rarity of this coin be? It is the single footed N and the N in one id doubled at the bottom.

BTW, papeldog, your post with the "2 pics of 1882 Obv 1's" where you thought one was a single-serif and one full, I just looked at them again. The first (top) one is not an Obv 1, but rather the Obv 2 that I spoke about with the rounded chin/throat, but the crown tip and neck truncation of an Obv 2. Sometime in the relatively near future, an explanation will be out that will explain how this Obv die anomaly came to be. For now, think of it as an Obv 2 with an asterisk and they will always have full-feet. They are not really scarce, but you have to look a little to find them. I would place the ratio at about 15-20:1 of the rounded chins that you find, based upon my long-time searches.

Yes, this is an obverse 2 resunk over an obverse 1a. The obverse 2 hub that was used to resink the obverse 1a has a dot in the E. There are a number of other characteristics from both dies that can be found. There are also obverse 2's with the dot in E and there is even 1884 obverse 2's with the same dot in the E of Regina. There are a number of versions of this 2/1a. Note that resinking dies to extend die life was a common practice in the late 1800's. Seems like your coin has doubling at the base of the portrait and the beads just below the portrait. If that's the case, this is the first I have seen of this particular version.

There was no "resinking" of dies for Canadian coinage by the Brit mint. They did do it for the regular British coinage to save money, since it was on their nickle and it is recorded as being so for their coinage. Since Canada was paying full-freight for their coins from the mint, there was NO resinking of dies on purpose during the 1880's, nor any other period. There wil be something formally published in the near future that will explain the smooth chin/throat 1882 Obv 2's, but it was not "resinking" in the accepted sense to prolong die life. The "dot" that is spoken of is very common on a great many dies, so it came from the master hub, not the working die.