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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 1516493, member: 5454&quot;]The 1859 varieties can get confusing.&nbsp; When I had a dozen or so Canadian large cents I started looking around for an album to put them in.&nbsp; Suitable albums for this series are hard to get.</p><p>I settled for a Guardmaster with brown plastic covers.&nbsp; Actually it&#039;s the only type I could find [brand new] at the time.</p><p>Anyway the Guardmaster is only made with four slots for the 1859.&nbsp; You have the common type which is called narrow 9.</p><p>I think I paid about $7 for that.</p><p>Then there is the 9 over 8 wide 9. This is just a wider 9 punched over an 8.&nbsp; I bought one of these raw for $25 marked down from $35. It grades maybe G-6</p><p>The third hole calls for a double punch narrow nine #1.</p><p>This is the one I don&#039;t have and I understand it is expensive.</p><p>Lastly there is the double punch narrow nine #2.&nbsp; I bought one of these slabbed by ANACS and graded G-8 for $80.</p><p>So as far as my set goes I am just concerned with the above four types of 1859.</p><p>Some collectors are happy just to have a date set with only one example of each year.</p><p>The Guardsman album only has spaces for varieties of one other year, 1891. For that year there are 3 holes.</p><p>All the rest have only one hole per year.&nbsp; For anyone thinking of putting together a set of Canadian large cents I must say it is more expensive than I initially figured.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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