1 Cent - Victoria

Issuer Prince Edward Island
Year 1871
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Cent (0.01)
Currency Dollar (1871-1873)
Composition Bronze (.95 copper, .04 tin, .01 zinc)
Weight 5.67 g
Diameter 25.4 mm
Thickness 1.42 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Leonard Charles Wyon
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#4
Obverse description Portrait of queen Victoria
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering VICTORIA QUEEN 1871
Reverse description Drawn from the island`s seal.It shows a large oak, symbol of England, over three oak seedlings which are the symbol of the island`s three counties. Around it, the Latin sentence `PARVA SUB INGENTI`, meaning `The small beneath the great`.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PARVA SUB INGENTI ONE CENT
Edge Smooth
Mint
Mintage 1871 - - 2 000 000
1871 - Proof -
Numisquare ID 1786236530
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