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ID help needed - 1880-H Canada 25c - Wide 0 or Narrow 0?
GotTheBug
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I recently acquired an 1880-H Canadian twenty-five cents. The variety (Wide 0, Narrow 0, etc.) was not on the slab and I am finding it harder than I thought to ID this piece. Anybody care to weigh in on this?
At first glance it looked like the Wide 0, but then the space inside the oval of the 0 seemed narrow, yet, the 0 itself is quite thick. It doesn't appear to be Narrow 0 over Wide 0. Thanks in advance.
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I would say it is a Wide 0 that has wear.
Look inside the 8’s and the space there also seems narrow.
I'd also say wide 0.
I pulled out my 2008 Charlton 62nd edition. This edition has some helpful photos of Victorian 25Cents varieties. Based on the pictures I see in Charlton and your coin, I see it as the wide date and wide 0-
How did the coin grade?
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I'm on the wide O train
I have the 2021 Charlton but I was more confused after looking at the photos. Is the 2008 an edition that focused mainly on twenty-five cents?
It is graded VF30. I'd grade it at 20 - 25 tops, but it's a nice original piece, which most important in my book. It was not overpriced.
Please post a large picture of just the date. For now , I see it as the Wide Date N over W 0. Photo from varieties section of Charlton from a few years ago below. Bottom right corner, Notice thin middle and thick sides.
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Thank you all for your opinions. Very helpful!
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I was looking at the positions of the numerals in the date and perhaps placing greater weight on the position of the 1on the coin in contrast to that in Charlton- In looking at this again, I think 1960NY Giants is correct
It was the 2008 edition that I looked at which has a decent section on Victorian 25 cents which begins on page 362 and ends at 456-
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