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The 1858 Cents of Provincial Canada (Volume I)

Hardcover - 8.5 x 11 - Perfect Binding - 330 pp
ISBN: 1-934379-15-8
Price $100 USD + S&H 
  • A full description of the political and economic events leading to Canadian decimal coinage.
  • An informative history of the Canadian provincial coinage, including extensive descriptions of the minting process.
  • Die catalogs (two pages per die) for the obverse and reverse dies used to mint 1858 cents. See sample die catalog pages. 
  • The relative rarities of each obverse die, reverse die, and die marriage unsed to mint 1858 cents.
  • Hundreds of full color photographs to assist readers in attributing coins.
  • See table of contents.
Canadian Numismatic Journal Review (Download PDF)
Canadian Coin News Review (Download PDF)
Link to David Lange Review
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The 1858 Cents of Provincial Canada (Volume II)
Second Edition Now For Sale!

Softcover - 8.5 x 11 - Coil Binding - 204 pp
Price $50 USD + S&H
  • Die catalog (two pages per die) for a few 1858 reverse dies discovered after Volume I was published.
  • Die catalogs (two pages per die) for obverse and reverse dies used to mint 1859 wide 9 over 8 cents.
  • Relative rarities of each obverse die, reverse die, and die marriage used to mint 1859 wide 9 over 8 cents.
  • Hundreds of full color photographs to assist readers in attributing coins.
  • See table of contents.
Canadian Coin News Review (Download PDF)
The second edition contains five new dies and seven new die marriages not catalogued in the first edition.  It contains new schematic diagrams showing the relationships between all known 1858 and 1859 over-dated dies.  Also new in the second edition are Turner/Zoell/Griffin cross reference tables for 1858 and 1859 over-dated cents.
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Dies & Diadems
Hardcover - 8.5 x 11 - Perfect Binding - 302 pp
ISBN: 1-934379-70-7
Price $100 USD +
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Have you ever wondered how, or why,  certain design features and flaws appeared on some Victorian cents, but not  others?  If you have, then this beautiful hardcover book is for you.  

Dies & Diadems presents a matrix,  punch, and die study for the entire Victorian cent series, minted from 1858 until 1901.  Knowing the relationships between these minting tools allows readers to understand how die varieties propagated throughout the series.   Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of full color photographs.  See  table of contents.

Winner of the
2011 Fred Bowman Award for numismatic  research.
Canadian Numismatic Journal Review (Download  PDF)
Canadian Coin News Review (Download  PDF)
Trends Review (Download PDF)
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New!!
Canada Cent Die Studies
1890-H & 1892
Softcover - 8.5 x 11 - Coil Binding - 188 pp
Price $50 USD + S&H
  • Die catalogs of all known obverse and reverse dies used to mint cents dated 1890-H and 1892.
  • Relative rarities of each obverse die, reverse die, and die marriage used to mint 1890-H and 1892 cents.
  • Schematic diagrams showing the relationships between the dies at a glance.
  • Hundreds of full color photographs to assist the reader in attrributing coins.
  • See table of contents.
Complete coverage of these two transition years, detailing the changes from the obverse C3 dies of 1890-H to the obverse C2, C3, and C4 dies of 1892.  Similar descriptions of the change from the first Dominion reverse design, used in 1890, to the second Dominion reverse used to mint the 1892 cents.  You will never look at one cent coins from these two interesting years the same way again.

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