I have a few 1852 Half Cent Bank of Upper Canada and Quebec Bank Tokens. One of the Bank of Upper Canada Coins has a coin flip orientation, where it flips like a US coin. Essentially, compared to the others it has an apparent 180 degree die rotation error. I’m wondering how common this is in older Canadian coinage. I’ve acquired these and a few other old Canadian pennies and half pennies and I’m also wondering how much these are worth and what the coin with the die rotation is worth. I appreciate any input as I only collect US coins, these happened to come in a lot of coins I purchased.
Now that I look at the 1854 half pennies I have, they all have a coin flip orientation. It’s just that one 1852 that sticks out. Seems like sometime between 1852 and 1854 the Canadian mint changed the orientation of the reverse versus the obverse.
In 1852, the Royal Mint started to strike the second issue, but due to a heavy schedule and time pressure, the coin dies and planchets were transferred to Heaton's Mint. There is a way that the strikings can be distinguished. The Royal Mint issue has the dies in medallic alignment, whereas, the Heaton's Mint issue has the dies in coin alignment.
