1824 Matron Cent - 4 over 2?

This is more for my education to see if I can spot different varieties.

When going over my collection today, this jumped out at me. It's an 1824 Matron Cent which seems to have gotten her head caught up in the gears of some wicked machine. Yikes! Anyway, the 4 seemed to jump out at me as not being as crisp as it should be. As I look at the 4, the right-hand side of the vertical downward stroke seems to swell outward. As I look at the PCGS website and other references for the 4 over 2 variety, they also have this swelling to the right of the downward strike of the 4.

Is this a 4 over 2 variety or, perhaps, it's my pareidolia just looking at an unusual wear pattern??

 

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sure does look like one to me.

 

I'm not overly familiar with EAC's and their varieties, but just by a simple picture comparison that looks like a close match.

 

you should have that damage looked at a bit closer. I'd swear I can see an A, an L, and several other letters. maybe a counterstamp?

 

I see the moon, stars and the Sun!
Seriously, it does look like an "attempted" counterstamp.

 

Looks like a 4 over 2 date to me. Also, and I can’t make it out, there’s worn letters curved over Liberty’s head. That is a counter stamp.

 

Looking from left to right obviously, it says "Wallace" something. Can't read the last name.

 

You have a Wallace Barnes counterstamp a clock spring manufacturer in Bristol Connecticut.You can find other examples of the same countermark on other large cents if you google it.It looks like it’s listed in the Rulau catalog.I think you might be right about the 4/2. Fun coin.

 

Cool Counterstamp. Not far from me! I wonder if the old building is still there???

 

Hi @No_Ragrets, @Millard @SensibleSal66 @Collecting Nut @jtlartgallery .... thank you for your insights on my 1824 Large Cent with the counterstamp. I have a 1767 French Colonies coin with the "RF" counterstamp and I have some hard times advertising tokens from the 1800's, but I had no idea a business would counterstamp circulating currency of the day. To me, it just looked like the coin got caught up in some gears and was damaged. I learned something and will be more careful before I dismiss something as damage.

 

There were numerous companies that counter-stamped coins. Here’s an example. They sometimes used the name of the product. I have 2 of the 3 types of coins they used this counter- stamp on. Still looking for that third one.