Hey guys, I'm new and in need of some help. I was recently metal detecting (my second hobby) and found a large cent that was in terrible condition. I was in a Civil War Battlefield area when I found it. I never clean coins, but I did this one just because I could not tell anything about it. Plus most of my finds dont go in my coin collection anyways. So heres what I think I see. 1) The obv looks draped bust-ish to me, but I can also turn it slightly and it has a very very slight liberty head look to it. I took the pic showing the draped view. 2) The rev has the wreath thats typically on the classic head LC's. 3) IF the obv is draped bust, then the reverse is rotated like 180*. I've stared at this thing to the point that I'm convincing myself that I'm seeing things that arent possible. So, just another pair of eyes or something would be great. I'm not really worried about value, or now lack of value. I just want to know what I can all it. I would appreciate any and all help that I can get. Sorry for the crappy pics.
I think the coin is from an even later period. It's a matron head 1816 -about 1836. The reverse wreath is a continuous loop wreath like they started using in 1808, but in the enlarged rev image you can clearly see ATES of STATES and the S is almost over the E in ONE. None of the Classic Heads have the S that far right. The E of STATES is almost directly over the N in ONE. Best matches I've found are 1831 N-1, N-5, 1832 N-1 and N-2, 1834 N-5, 1835 N-1, N-2, and N-5. But none of those have the E as directly above the N as the subject coin does.
