They are very collectable I don't know a lot about them either other than yes they are cool coins a member on this forum SPP could tell you all about it as he collects this kind of material. Hopefully he will see this and comment on it as for pricing I think $150.00 + for these if graded probably mo...

I've never looked but I'm not sure I would call them common I would hang on to them

For future reference any Charlton Canadian coin book should show you this info as well.

Happy Hunting

All the Queen Victoria 5 cent had the coinage die axis

Hi Gary, you will have to supply a picture of the Reverse and Obverse sides of the coin to help you

That's a nice set of high grade coins I would think maybe in the MS-64+ area, the 50 cent if it is a rim ding might be graded AU detailed by some grading companies

Large Bead

I'm in favor of PCGS graded coins over all other graders for Canadian coins. I have sent in several ICCS + NGC graded coins to PCGS many come back Detailed (cleaned), (scratch) (Rim Dings) as the other two graders (ICCS) + (NGC) don't make note of these Details. So for me PCGS is #1 for grading Cana...

I agree with coinguy only the large bust are worth keeping if circulated coin

I agree Bill is correct in his answer no DP9's or 9/8 but you should still check out the Haxby site not only will it tell you what you have in the 1859 coins its fun to track the die down. the die cracks and dp letters really help anyway Happy Hunting

My guess is: 1st coin is a Haxby 1859-PC59-179 50+J9 VG - 10 condition no DP9 2nd coin Haxby 1859-PC59-244 80a+P18 EF condition 3rd coin Haxby 1859-PC59-188 54b+J13b Vf condition 4th coin same as the 2nd coin 5th coin I'll work on it I need more time as its pretty worn out is there any die cracks on...

If you could provide a complete picture of the Reverse it would help greatly to help you identify your 1859's, if the forum needs the Obverse to help they might ask for them as well. It helps to see all the key markers of a coin when identifying certain coins.
Thanks Jim

I would grade the first coin at VF the second at Fine

I have herd talk of 50% lower than trends for regular maybe higher for varieties just guessing on my part

The Large date has a flat top on the ball of the 9, the small date has a rounded ball on the 9