Hello everyone! This thread before you is called "Matron Head Monday!". Post yours as well... Stack's Bowers website) Matron Head Cent Designed by: Robert Scot Issue Dates: 1816-1835, plus 1839/6 overdate Composition: Copper Diameter: Average 28 to 29 mm Weight: 10.88 grams (168 grains) Edge: Plain Business Strike Mintage: 47,765,912 (Mintage figure does not include 1837 cents of this style.) Proof Mintage: A few hundred The so-called Matron Head copper was produced in several variations from 1816 through 1837 (plus 1839/6). Miss Liberty is restyled and now sports a serious, even severe mien. Her hair is tied behind her head in a bun, with two plain cords, with additional tresses hanging downward. In her hair a diadem or coronet is inscribed LIBERTY. Thirteen stars surround, interrupted by the date at the bottom. The reverse is stylistically similar to that used in 1808-1814 and consists of a continuous wreath tied with a ribbon, enclosing ONE CENT, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounding. This particular obverse style was used only on large cents and, unlike certain other large cent motifs, had no counterpart in the half cent series. In 1835 the head was slightly restyled; the change is most obvious at the point of the neck truncation. This new style is found on some 1835, all 1836 (and 1839/6) and some 1837 pieces and is distinguished by the small tip to the neck. Specimens may be readily located in all grades from About Good to Uncirculated, although Uncirculated pieces are apt to be dated 1816 through 1820, particularly the years 1818 and 1820, remnants from the so-called Randall Hoard dispersed in the late 19th century. The quality of striking, smoothness of the surface, and other characteristics vary from date to date and variety to variety. HERE ARE MINE.... 1816 ( dug) and 1817.
