1881 Canadian One Cent Inc. O, Missed Variety?

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Stunet Valued Member United States 211 Posts	Posted 07/24/2010 6:19 pm Here is another penny with part of the T and O missing from VICTORIA on the Obverse. Report this Post to the Staff

papeldog Pillar of the Community Canada 1923 Posts	Posted 07/24/2010 6:31 pm Nice find, check out the N's they are full serif N's. If you have any other 1881's check them out for single serif N's they are very rare. Google in canadiancoppercoins.com they show lots of coins to watch for hope this helps and good luck on your hunt. Edited by papeldog 07/24/2010 6:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bosox Pillar of the Community United States 1352 Posts	Posted 07/24/2010 8:18 pm The numerous broken letters on obverse 1A and 1 cents occurred on the working punches, so generally there are multiple dies with each combination of broken letters. It is probably harder to find an obverse 1A or 1 cent without any broken letters (for example the 1884 obverse 1 cent has no broken letters) than examples with such damaged letters. http://www.victoriancent.com 2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA. Report this Post to the Staff
RichieRich888 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 04/12/2018 6:39 pm Hi. I have the same coin. I had guessed that worn out dies caused the errors and I guess that value wise there is no premium on this coin? Regards Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5588 Posts	Posted 04/12/2018 6:54 pm They are pretty common. Parts of the hub broke off (the hubs make the working dies) in the letters, so every working die after the hub was damaged will show the same way. Even if it was only one die, there would have been 50,000 or more struck, but I've seen these lots. Save it as an oddity. Report this Post to the Staff
KHatt Valued Member Canada 291 Posts	Posted 04/15/2018 01:10 am This was identified as #S5b in Zoell's Minor Coin Varieties - 3th Edition - 1965, sometimes nick-named the "horseshoe O" it appears on both the 1881 and 1882. It's not super-common, but doesn't command too much of a premium since it isn't a "major" variety and very people collect all of the minor varieties. Here's an example from ebay: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/QUALITY-COP...162974732759 Report this Post to the Staff
KHatt Valued Member Canada 291 Posts	Posted 04/15/2018 01:13 am I should add: I have a couple of these in the 1882 year. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5588 Posts	Posted 04/15/2018 06:03 am Don't even think about buying the ebay coin above ... it is way way way overpriced and you can find one easily raw somewhere. Report this Post to the Staff
KHatt Valued Member Canada 291 Posts	Posted 04/15/2018 12:59 pm Yes, overpriced. Report this Post to the Staff
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