1910 50 cent Canadian Coin. Is this Edwardian or Victorian?- See pictures below

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 Guessing it refers to the leaves 

N#315 

N#12257 

which yes on both pages in an illustration of the differences, 

but no explanation of what to look for. Anyone know? 

 Picture rotated, cropped, brightened 

 

 

 My guess would be Victorian - as after some searching, the leaf on top left is 

slightly slanted on Victorian, and vertical on Edwardian. 

 

                                              …… Victorian / Edwardian …… 

 

 

I copied this description from Calgary Coin and Antique. This is a go to website fpr Canadian coins.

 

1910 Victorian leaf 50 Cent

Earlier examples of the 1910 half dollars have a reverse with what is known as the Victorian leaves design which had been in use since the first issues of 1870. The leaves to either side of the date are more pointed and slightly elongated so that they end closer to the denticles, but a distinctive feature is very narrow rims which is clear even on worn examples. These are the scarcer of the two types.

 

1910 Edwardian leaf 50 Cent

Later in 1910 the reverse was redesigned to what is known as the Edwardian leaves type, where the leaves to either side of the dates are more rounded and slightly shorted so they end further from the rim, and at the same time the rims were made wider. On worn examples they are most easily differentiated by the rim width.

Thank you all for your replies. 

Very helpful.

I fear the coins I have are to worn to clearly see which it is. 

I will see if I can source a local shop that can look at the many coins I have from 1875-1950's as I would like to sell off the lot. 

 

Thank you again for your quick and helpful responses

A Canadian from my local coin shop once told me the easiest way to tell was how the 9 lined up with the N in Canada.  If it was perfectly centered underneath, it was Victorian.  If it was more lined up with the right side of the N, it was Edwardian.  If you check both Numista pages, I think it's clear on both.  I've mentioned this to some people since this conversation many years ago and no one has corrected me so far, so I've assumed it to be correct.

CoilyCoin

I fear the coins I have are to worn to clearly see which it is. 

 

? My reply already said it looked like Victorian 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic159477.html#p1240546 

Also looking at that last helpful reply and your coin, it is still Victorian. 

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