1 Cent - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait; heavy type

Features

Country	Canada
Type	Common coin
Years	1965-1979
Value	1 Cent 0.01 CAD = 0.0081 USD
Metal	Bronze
Weight	3.24 g
Diameter	19.05 mm
Thickness	1.65 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
References	KM# 59, Schön# 58 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

The portrait in right profile of Elizabeth II, when she was 39 years old, is surrounded with the inscription "ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA" (Elizabeth II, Queen by the grace of God)

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA

Engraver: Arnold Machin

Reverse

A maple leaf twig is surrounded with the facial value and the inscription "CANADA"

Lettering:
1 CENT
1975
CANADA

Engraver: George Edward Kruger Gray

Edge

Plain

Comments

1,65 mm thick

NOTE: 1965 obverse varieties:
Large beads: A in REGINA points to right end of a bead (common)
Small beads: A in REGINA points to left end of a bead
reverse varieties:
Pointed 5: upper right end of 5 is angled 30° from the vertical
Blunt 5: upper right end of 5 is angled 15° from the vertical (common)

NOTE: The years 1965-1977 belong to KM#59.1 while the 1978-1979 coins are classified under KM#59.2. This is because the compositions differ:

KM#59.1: 98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc
KM#59.2: 98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc

Additionally, the 1979 coins feature a smaller effigy of the Queen than any of the previous years.

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Year	Mintage
1965	304,441,082	KM#59.1 (small beads, pointed 5)
1965		KM#59.1 (large beads, blunt 5)
1965		KM#59.1 (large beads, pointed 5)
1965		KM#59.1 (small beads, blunt 5)
1966	183,644,388	KM#59.1
1968	329,695,772	KM#59.1
1969	335,240,929	KM#59.1
1970	311,145,010	KM#59.1
1971	298,228,936	KM#59.1
1972	451,304,591	KM#59.1
1973	457,059,852	KM#59.1
1974	692,058,489	KM#59.1
1975	642,318,000	KM#59.1
1976	701,122,890	KM#59.1
1977	453,050,666	KM#59.1
1978	911,170,647	KM#59.2
1979	754,394,064	KM#59.2 (smaller effigy)

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