This is a coin I picked up back in the 60s. Been collecting since the late 40s. Here is an 1834 large cent with double profile on the face. What condition do you think its in? What value would you put on it?
cleaned and some cool doubling going on by the nose and mouth. wait for more opinions... and welcome to CT.
First, welcome to the neighborhood, Archie! The doubling of the profile bothers me. It doesn't look right. Note that the nose & lips of the "inner" profile are slightly different from the nose & lips of the "outer" profile. Chris
Hello Archie. Alan here. Welcome to the club. Large cents are not in my collection, so I'll let some of those collectors chime in on your coin.
Need better photos. If you got this in the 1960's it is 100% genuine. My initial concern is the lump next to the bar on the reverse but I'll bet it just looks raised in your photo. This type of doubling is fairly common on Large cents; yet your coin is doubled to the max! Even looks like "Liberty" is affected. When these coins were made , the head design was put into the die separately from the date and letters. So the die that made your coin was hubbed twice. Therefore, many other coins like this exist. I do not have my Large cent book here but someone like @SuperDave can ID your coin easily by the die breaks on both sides. The coin looks like a 45 -50. Cannot tell for sure if it is original due to the color in your photo. My guess, no. There is also some corrosion (black spot) on the reverse. Value: Cannot help with that.
Here is one on Ebay at the moment I want to share this webpage with you - http://www.ebay.com/itm/1833-n-6-do...coronet-head-large-cent-coin-1c-/261702781270
N1, I think. This level of doubling isn't uncommon with them, it's the screw press form of "machine doubling" from worn-out equipment.