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??
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?
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.
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.
