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1 Cent - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, heavy type
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 1965-1979 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "heavy type" designation refers to a meaningful mid-series production change: the Royal Canadian Mint thickened the planchet in 1965 after ongoing complaints that the thinner cents were jamming vending machines and fare boxes across the country. The fix worked well enough that the specification held for the remainder of Elizabeth II's second-portrait cent run. By 1979, rising copper prices had made the bronze composition economically untenable, and Canada began the transition that would eventually produce the copper-plated zinc and steel cents of later decades.