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1858 Canadian 1-Cent Large Penny Coin (VG)
Item: #1858-1C | Mfr: Royal Canadian Mint | #1858-1C
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1858 Canadian 1-Cent Large Penny Coin (VG)
Large Cents - Victoria (1858-1859)
Canada's first coinage. The coin were conceived to be used also as convenient units of measure; the diameter is exactly 1 inch and 100 pieces weith 1 avoirdupois pound. Nevertheless, they were not very popular at first and were discounted, sometimes by as much as 20%, to get them into circulation.
Obverse
Coin depicts the design of a youthful Queen Victoria with a laurel wreath in her hair. Inscriptions as follows:
"VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA" meaning "Victoria, by the grace of God, the Queen".
Reverse
Depicts a serpentine vine with 16 maple leaves. There are numerous slight variations involving recuttying of some of the leaf stems or the vine stalk.
Packaging
1858 Canadian 1-Cent Large Penny Coin comes in titled condition.
Note: The photo of this item is a stock image only.
Specifications
| Mintage: | 421,000 |
| Composition: | 95% copper, 4% tin, 1% zinc |
| Finish: | Circulation |
| Weight: | 5.67 g |
| Diameter: | 25.4 mm |
| Magnetism: | Nonmagnetic |
| Face Value: | 1 cent |
| Die axis: | ↑↓ |
| Mint mark: | - |
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