One Cent
Victoria 1865 - 1896
One Cent 1872H*
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Reverse Designer - Horace Morehen
Engraver - Thomas J. Minton
Composition
.95 copper
.04 tin
.01 zinc
Diameter - 25.53 mm
Weight - 5.67 grams
Edge - Plain
Die Axis
1865, 1873-1896 - Up, Up
1872 - Up, Down
Heaton Mint issues
"H" mint mark - bottom of the wreath 1872-1876
London Mint strikings
no letter
| ONE CENT - Victoria 1865 - 1896 | |
| Date & Mint Mark | Qty Minted |
| 1865 | 240,000 |
| 1872H | 200,000 |
| 1873 | 200,000 |
| 1876H | 200,000 |
| 1880 Narrow 0 | 400,000 |
| 1880 Wide 0 | Incl. above |
| 1885 | 40,000 |
| 1888 | 50,000 |
| 1890 | 200,000 |
| 1894 | 200,000 |
| 1896 | 200,000 |
Edward VII 1904 - 1909
One Cent 1909*
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Designer and Modeller
Portrait - G. W. DeSaulles
DES below bust
Reverse Engraver - W. H. J. Blakemore
modifying existing coinage tools
Composition
.95 copper
.04 tin
.01 zinc
Diameter -
25.53 mm
Weight -
5.67 grams
Edge - Plain
Die Axis
Up, Up
The Mint - Birmingham issue
1904 (only)
"H" mint mark
bottom of the wreath
Royal Mint strikings
no letter
| ONE CENT - Edward VII 1904 - 1909 | |
| Date & Mint Mark | Qty Minted |
| 1904H | 100,000 |
| 1907 | 200,000 |
| 1909 | 200,000 |
George V 1913 - 1936
One Cent 1917*
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Designer and Modeller
Portrait - Sir E.B. MacKennal
B.M. on the truncation
Composition - 1913-1920
.95 copper
.04 tin
.01 zinc
Composition - 1926-1936
.955 copper
.030 tin
.015 zinc
Diameter - 1913, 1929-1936
25.53 mm
Diameter - 1917-1920
25.40 mm
Edge - Plain
Die Axis
Up, Up
Ottawa Mint issues - 1917-1920
"C" mint mark at the bottom of the wreath
Royal Mint strikings
no letter.
| ONE CENT - George V 1913 - 1936 | |
| Date & Mint Mark | Qty Minted |
| 1913 | 400,000 |
| 1917C | 702,350 |
| 1919C | 300,000 |
| 1920C | 302,184 |
| 1929 | 300,000 |
| 1936 | 300,000 |
George VI 1938 - 1947
One Cent 1938*
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Designer and Modeller
Portrait - Percy Metcalfe
P.M. below bust
Reverse - Walter J. Newman
Composition
.955 copper
.030 tin
.015 zinc
Weight
3.24 grams
Diameter
19.05 mm
Edge - Plain
Die Axis
Up, Up
Royal Canadian Mint issues - 1940-47
"C" mint mark to the right of 'CENT' (on reverse)
exception -1940 and 1942 issues
no letter
The Royal Mint issue - 1938
no mint mark.
| ONE CENT - George VI 1938 - 1947 | |
| Date & Mint Mark | Qty Minted |
| 1938 | 500,000 |
| 1940 | 300,000 |
| 1941C | 827,662 |
| 1942 | 1,996,889 |
| 1943C | 1,239,732 |
| 1944C | 1,328,776 |
| 1947C | 313,772 |