Canadian 1-cent coin · 1858 - 1920
The maple leaf wreath
This 1-cent coin features the design of L.C. Wyon of the Royal Mint. It portrays maple leaves wrapped around a vine. W.H.J. Blackmore designed this reverse of the 1-cent coin. The representation of maple leaves wrapped around a vine was kept.
What a coin with this design is made of
Every 1-cent coin carrying this design falls outside the years the Mint records a silver-bearing composition for. There is no silver in any of them, so there is no melt value to work out. What one of these is worth depends on condition and on the date, and this site does not publish figures for either.
Across the years the Mint reports for this design, 104,784,180 1-cent coins were struck.
Denomination
Struck from 1858 and withdrawn from circulation in 2012. Bronze, then plated zinc, then plated steel. It never contained silver.
What these sell for
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Every year of this design
| Year | Composition | Silver | Mintage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 2,401,506 |
| 1909 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 3,973,339 |
| 1910 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 5,146,487 |
| 1911 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 4,663,486 |
| 1912 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 5,107,642 |
| 1913 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 5,735,405 |
| 1914 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 3,405,958 |
| 1915 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 4,932,134 |
| 1916 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 11,022,367 |
| 1917 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 11,899,254 |
| 1918 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 12,970,798 |
| 1919 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 11,279,634 |
| 1920 | 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc; or 95.5% copper, 3% tin, 1.5% zinc | none | 22,246,170 |