1913 Canada Large Cent ICCS MS-65 RED

MINTAGE : 5,735,405

EDWARD VII IMPERIAL STATE CROWNED PORTRAIT

SMALL LEAVES DESIGN

.95 COPPER, 0.04 TIN, 0.01 ZINC

PLAIN EDGE

WEIGHT 5.67 GRAMS

DIAMETER 25.4MM

THIS COIN IS FROM THE ESTATE OF  G.F. LANDON

Landon, who was a prodigious collector of Canadian and U.S. numismatic materials and an early member of the American Numismatic Association, died in 1916. His collection was passed down through his family before being bequeathed to the Church of the Advent and later consigned to Moore Numismatic Auctions for public sale.

Landon was a true numismatist who specifically enjoyed copper coins and often purchased large quantities in the year of issue, Moore said.

“The hordes of Canadian coins are very unusual, going back to the Victorian era,” he said. “Occasionally, 20 pieces would show up of a penny dated 1901, but in this case, there are probably 1,500 Canadian Victorian-era pennies in Mint-State condition,” he said.

“It almost doubles the known population of many of these issues.”

From the Canadian Coin News