1858 kanadischen Cent

[villa66]

Der „Province of Canada“ bestellten seine ersten decimal Münzen im Jahre 1858, aber es war nicht genügend Zeit, dass Jahr für der Königlichen Münze, die gesamte Bestellung von 10,000,000 1-Cent-Stück zu finden. Neunzehn von jeder zwanzig Kupfer Cent aus dieser ersten Reihenfolge wurden tatsächlich traf als 1859 dated Münzen, die diese 1858 kanadischen Cent macht ziemlich schwer zu kommen.

Je nach Haxby und des Willey Münzen von Kanada, 2nd Edition, diese „Münzen wurden konzipiert, um auch als bequeme Maßeinheiten verwendet werden; der Durchmesser ist genau 1 Zoll und 100 (unworn) Stück wiegen 1 Avoirdupois Pfund. Sie waren allerdings nicht sehr beliebt zuerst und wurden manchmal günstigen Preisen, um so viel wie 20% um Sie in den Verkehr zu bringen.„

Das Zusammenspiel zwischen kanadischen Münzwesen und dass der Nebensaal USA ist manchmal sehr gespannt. Kanada war ihre große Kupfer Cent (1858) in diesem Moment nur starten, die Amerikaner ihre (1857) Selbstversenkung wurden.

Die Lieferung von diese 1858 (und 1859) 1-Cent-Stück würde Kanadier für eine Weile genug; gab es keine zusätzliche Coinages der Bronze Cents bis 1876. Dann war natürlich die „Provinz“ eine britische „Dominion.“ geworden.

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The “Province of Canada” ordered its first decimal coins in 1858, but there wasn’t enough time that year for the Royal Mint to strike the entire order of 10,000,000 1-cent pieces. Nineteen of every twenty copper cents from that first order were actually struck as 1859 dated coins, which makes these 1858 Canadian cents pretty tough to come by.

According to Haxby and Willey’s Coins of Canada, 2nd edition, these “coins were conceived to also be used as convenient units of measure; the diameter is exactly 1 inch and 100 (unworn) pieces weigh 1 avoirdupois pound. Nevertheless, they were not very popular at first and were sometimes discounted by as much as 20% to get them into circulation.”

The interplay between Canadian coinage and that of the next-door U.S. is sometimes very curious. Canada was launching her large copper cent (1858) at just that moment the Americans were scuttling theirs (1857).

The supply of these 1858 (and 1859) 1-cent pieces would last Canadians for a while; there were no additional coinages of bronze cents until 1876. By then, of course, the “Province” had become a British “Dominion.”

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[sigistenz]

Very interesting to learn about the diameter being exactly an inch and that 100 of them weigh exactly a pound!

spasseshalber nun die Google-Übersetzung englisch -> deutsch:

Sehr interessant, etwas über den Durchmesser von genau einen Zentimeter und erfahren, dass 100 von ihnen wiegt genau ein Pfund!
(Aus 1 Zoll wird 1 Zentimeter)

[villa66]

The large issue of 1858 and 1859 Province of Canada large cents was not fully issued to circulation until almost a decade after the Dominion of Canada came into being, so not until 1876 did a new issue of 1-cent coins appear. Canada’s 1876 cents featured a new diademed portrait of Queen Victoria, but otherwise remained in the same style as before—except that the weight of the new Dominion 1-cent was increased from 1/100th to 1/80th of an avoirdupois pound so that it might equal the weight of a British half penny.

Victoria died in 1901. The portrait of King Edward VII appeared on the Canadian cent beginning in 1902. Again the basic design was unchanged, but a major change occurred in 1908—a half century after the first Canadian cents of 1858—the coins began to be struck at Canada’s own Ottawa Mint.

George V succeeded to the British throne at his father’s death, but the first Canadian 1-cent pieces of George V were short-lived indeed, being dated only 1911. These “Godless” 1-cent coins were replaced in 1912 by what became Canada’s final large cent type, with this particular example being dated 1918.

The 1918 edition was the most numerous of Canada’s large cents, which seems natural enough considering that year’s accelerated history. As it happened, 1918 was the Diamond Jubilee of the Canadian cent, but I’m sure that fact went unnoticed in the year of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Just two years later, in 1920, Canada’s large cents were produced for the final time. Later that same year a new smaller 1-cent coin made its debut, in a size very similar to the American 1-cent pieces that had been circulating next-door since 1857.

The Canadian large cent did not immediately depart, however, and remained in circulation until the late-‘30s. Some of the coinage dies used for the old large cents are said to have gone to China, where their rings of intertwined maple leaves appeared on bronze coins of the Chinese Republic.

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[canada coins]

Habe einige dieser 1858 undauch 1859 large cents.
es gibt auch vrianten davon, Sogar viele Varianten von 1859.
dabei muss man aber unterscheiden dass nicht jeder 1859 auch ein 1858 ist oder sein koennte.