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Is there anyway to tell if this an 1858 Canadian Cent

In a set under the 1858, is there anyway to tell if really is?
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Too bad that the last digit is so worn.
How did the last number vanish beyond recognition and yet the other three are still strong?8
*Does the last number gain most wear first? (Honest question as i don't know the series)
<< <i>The wear on that is odd!
How did the last number vanish beyond recognition and yet the other three are still strong?8
*Does the last number gain most wear first? (Honest question as i don't know the series) >>
My 1965 edition of Charlton & Wiley's Standard Grading Guide To Canadian Decimal Coins identifies the wreath as likey to wear first. Based on the book's illustrations the word CENT is second.
Smittys: any chance of seeing the obverse? I've got a thing for Victoria - Regina D.G.
<< <i>My 1965 edition of Charlton & Wiley's Standard Grading Guide To Canadian Decimal Coins identifies the wreath as likey to wear first. Based on the book's illustrations the word CENT is second.
Smittys: any chance of seeing the obverse? I've got a thing for Victoria - Regina D.G.
The CENT going early on comes as no surprised being in a place where it would be handled most often, if the coin has slightly convex fields (miniscully so as to be unnoticable) then it's not uncommon.
Smittys can you look at the last number under a magnifying glass or something and see if there's any evidence of the number being, how shall we say... worn off unnaturally?*
From gazing into my screen (quite a while) though it looks like a very faint trace outline of an 8. Buit didn't one of the '9' issue have a 9 where the tail came up to meet (or nearly meet) the loop?
*From experience with UK coinage there's alot of 'doctored' 1935 pennies out there with the last digit altered to a 3. Perhaps someone saw one of the 'closed' 9's and though, a bit of wear on that and it'll look like an 8! (Might explain why that last number is significantly worn in comparison to the other three).
to tell the digit
http://www.victoriancent.com