I found this 1819 Coronet in a cull lot of large cents I bought. I thought it was a foreign coin at first, but it definitely is an 1819 Coronet Head. It looks like the 1824 Lafeyette counterstamp but all the examples of I can find have George Washington on the other side, and the portrait is different. Can anyone help me identify this. Thank you!
I know of the 1824 counterstamps, but I have to admit I've never really seen them so I can't say if that is the Lafayette counterstamp or not. I also don't know if they always made both stamps on the coin. Your stamp appears to have been struck twice. I wonder if they accidentally placed on stamp on top of the other without turning the coin over first.
I doesn't appear to be a Lafayette / Washington stamp of 1824 sshafer. All known issues, except a few, have both stamps and there are significant differences here. They're about the same size as yours, but have plain borders not beaded ones like yours. Also, the name of Lafayette and Washington appear in a curve above each portrait. On all examples Lafayette's portrait faces right and Washington's left. From what I can make out from the picture the portrait has different facial features than on the 1824 pieces. There's always a possibility it's another rendition of either man...more likely Washington... but just not any that I've seen. You're right Matt, it does have characteristics of Wellington, but it would be highly unusual to see an English stamp on an American coin. What ever the case may be, the stamp was struck when the coin was nearly new because of the wear patterns. A nice old issue for sure. Bruce
