Labels:text | screenshot | coin OCR: Coin History [ 1860 ] The British North American colonies did not issue their own coinage until the late 1850s or early 1860s. The Province of Canada was the first with a ONE large one-cent piece in 1858. CENT One-cent piece, Province of Canada 1858. The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 58th Edition, (Toronto: The Charlton Press, 2004), p. 52.