Could someone give me their opinion as to why mine appears so different from the others I see online? Thank you!
Your coin is from a different year. I can't read the date but the 1828 on the right is a coronet head. Yours appears to be the "young head" from 1835 - 1837. The large cents from 1793 to 1857 went through several head modifications during the series. Welcome to the forum.
With the better photos, It's a 1838. Fairly common to have a weak strike that makes the date hard to read.
Omg thank you soooo much! Everything I've been trying to figure out all evening and you have an answer AND a picture, plus background information *snaps fingers* just like that! Thank you!
I will leave this exercise up to you, but give you all the info. Attached are the 5 heads used on 1839 large cents. One is from pre-1838 (matron), one is 1838, two are 1839 only, the last is 1840-1843. All are Dan Holmes coins: Matron 1938 silly booby 1840 Hint, yours is not matron, so it's either 1838, which was used two years, or one of the 1839 only heads, or an 1840 head used 4 years.
