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 Posted 06/13/2006  9:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Aidan Work to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mark,the trader that issued the Prince Edward Island 1855 1c. token was James Duncan,who dealt in hardware.
He moved to P.E.I. from Montreal.I found it listed in my battered 3rd Edition of 'Coins of Canada' by R.C. Willey & J.A. Haxby.

Aidan.
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 Posted 06/19/2006  10:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sn31 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
One of my dearest friends surprised me today with an 1859 large cent!YEA!!!!I can't quit looking at it.I can't believe it,I'm so excited!Looks like I get to enter the contest after all.YeeHah!sn31.
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 Posted 06/19/2006  11:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
An 1859 cool!!!!!!!!!!! (Thought it was an 1852?) Hmmmmm
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 Posted 06/19/2006  11:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sn31 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nope,it's an 1859 :) sn31.
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 Posted 06/20/2006  12:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a great coin to have. It leaves spaces now for you to fill between 1860 and 1911...right? And you're in this little "contest"...yes?
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 Posted 06/20/2006  05:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Aidan Work to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Dsking,there weren't any Canadian 1c. coins issued in 1860.The first issue after the 1859 issue is the 1876,
which differs from the 1858-59 issue in 2 respects;

The 1859 1c. depicts a bun-head portrait of Queen Victoria,whereas,the 1876 1c. depicts a crowned portrait.

The 1859 1c. was rejected because of its light weight,
whereas,the 1876 1c. weighs the same as the British 1/2d.

Aidan.
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 Posted 06/20/2006  10:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Aidan Work! I'm not a true collector of Canadian albeit I have a book full of them. That's interesting about the 59 though. Why, how or by whom was it "rejected"? Did it circulate? Number minted? Does that make it more valuable or less for a collector?

The 59 does have a very young and beautiful portrait of Queen Victoria that I found to be amazingly nice.

So I guess that sn31 can now search between 1876 and 1911 to fill her spaces.

Thanks for the info...informative!
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 Posted 06/20/2006  10:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Aidan Work to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Dsking,the Canadian Government had to discount the coins by about 5% to keep them in circulation,because
of their light weight.As to the mintage,there were 2,000,000 struck.I don't know if this includes the 1858's.There are several varieties such as misplaced numbers in the 1859.Some varieties are so scarce,you'd have so much trouble finding them.

Aidan.
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