I came across this cent on an online auction, it is part of a smaller lot, there is no picture of the obverse so I don't know anything about it excecpt what the reverse looks like. I know nothing about early cents, but I do know that the lettering " united states of america" should not be that close to the rim. Well at least from others pictures i've seen of various early cents. So what do you think, could it be struck on a dime planchet or is it something else? Thanks.
Counterfeit. And a sorry one at that. They're trying to rip off the Late Date Braided Hair large cents (1839 - 1857). Nice genuine ones can be had cheap.
It looks like a spoon job! This means that someone intentionally beat the sides of the coin down with a spoon for one reason or another. During breaks in battles, Soldiers would sit in trenches or foxholes and make rings out of Half Dollars and other coins and the likes. Frank
Dimes back then were about the same size as now. MUCH smaller than a large cent planchet. No way that's a dime planchet. I don't have a Redbook handy, but that would tell you the diameters of large 1c, 25c, and 50c planchets to see if there is any wild possibility of a large cent struck on a silver planchet. Personally never heard of it.
My sense is it is post mint damage of a matron head or matron head modified (1816-1839) large cent. You can tell it is not a later date large cent because of the solid line below CENT, but I'm not sure which year/type it is. Likely not worth much (unless a very rare variety) with the post-mint damage and surface issues....Mike
