Country: Canada

Year: 1963

Denomination: 1 cent

Material: bronze

Composition: 98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc

Weight: 3.24 g

Diameter: 19.05 mm (3/4 in) (small cent)

Thickness: 1.65 mm

Shape: round

Obverse: right portrait of laureate Queen Elizabeth II

Obverse legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Obverse designer: Mary Gillick

Obverse designer mark: MG on truncation

Reverse: maple twig

Reverse legend: 1 CENT, year, CANADA

Reverse designer: George Edward Kruger-Gray

Reverse designer mark: K∙G under the right leaf

Edge: plain (smooth)

Orientation: medal alignment

Magnetism: non-magnetic

Mint: Royal Canadian Mint

Reference: KM# 49