{"title":"Prince Edward Island 1-cent 1871","description":"\u003ch5 class=\"info\"\u003eIn 1871, two years before joining with the Canadian Confederation, Prince Edward Island issued 1 cent coins which are it's only independent coinage. The obverse portrait of Queen Victoria is the same as on Canadian coins of this period but with the legend \"VICTORIA QUEEN 1871\". The reverse shows an Island with a tall Oak Tree representing England, and three smaller trees representing PEI's three counties, with the Islands motto \"PARVA SUB INGENTI\" below, which is Latin for \"The small under the protection of the great\"\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"info\"\u003e2,000,000 of these were struck at the Heaton mint in England but without the \"H\" mint mark one would expect. The coins were not well received and it was nearly 10 years before the government to put them all in circulation, although one should consider 2 million is a large mintage was relative to the Islands small population.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"info\"\u003eSome years ago a hoard of choice uncirculated examples were found at the Heaton Mint, which were extremely well struck lustrous coins which are occasionally incorrectly offered for sale as specimen strikes. These business strikes have a small area of bare ground just to the bottom right of the oak tree, which the much rarer specimen strikes do not.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"info\"\u003eThey are struck to the same standard as the Canadian large cents of the period at 25.4 mm and 5.67 grams of 95% copper, 4% tin and 1% zinc. These are the same alloy and weight as the NS and NB 1 cents, but the flans are very slightly thinner and broader. These exist with both medal and coinage die axis, with the coinage (inverted) being the more common in spite of the listing in the Charlton catalogue listing the medal as the more common. On my listings below they are all coinage axis unless other wise noted.\u003c\/h5\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/6584\/0346\/collections\/photo989.jpg?v=1734415130","url":"https:\/\/www.calgarycoin.com\/collections\/prince-edward-island-1-cent-1871.oembed","provider":"Calgary Coin Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}