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1875 Canada 5 Cent - Large or Small 5?
Obone
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Hi Everyone,
I recently won this 1875 5 cent in an European auction, with no description as to the variety. I bid according to the price of a small 5, but when I just got it today, it looks like a large 5? It has no distance between the bottom line of the 5 and the curve?
Does anyone know more about the variety, and could let me know as to which one it is?
Thanks in advance
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I'm not positive, but the left side of the down stroke on the 7 is curved and the top bar of the 5 is flatter, so I'm leaning towards small date. Any chance of a pic with the full date shown?
In case other members don't have comparison pics handy, here is a link
https://coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.php?coin=5-cents-1875&years=5-cents-1858-1901
I was thinking large date as the curve on the 5 juts out a lot
Tough one. I still think it's a small date, but can see why you think it might be large. Hopefully some Canadian specialists will chime in
The 5 appears to be lower than the rest of the digits. The above link has some comparative photos from another site, where this question also posted:
My 2003 Charlton catalog says the difference is:
Small Date - short top on 5 (and photo shows flatter top)
Large Date - long top on 5 (and photo shows more curved top)
Based on this, yours appears to be the Small Date.
Another possible marker is the width of the 1 - narrow on small date, wide on large date.
There are pretty good photos on the J and M site:
https://www.jandm.com/script/getitem.asp?CID=3&PID=82
I looked at several 1875 5 cents currently on ebay.
To be honest, the difference between the two is not very obvious,
and I would not want to pay a premium for the Large Date.
There appear to be several date positions, which may be somewhat easier to determine.
Looks like a small date to me.
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it is small date, IMO
it might even be a 7/7 + 5/5
can we please see a shot of the obv?
this series is notorious for small differences.
Have several small dates and only 1 LD... I think it is, despite macro lens, just a messy mess.
Because of (covid) I am currently photographing and cataloguing my QV nickels, dimes and Quarters up to 1921
Often I have to take at least 10+images of each side to get the details.