Nice little Booby Head Large Cent

Side note

Just for fun, a note from the last coin show.

One dealer had one of these in his showcase, listed as a 'Bobby Head'.

Another guy & I kept asking who Bobby was?

I am not sure that he got the joke.

 

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I think Leadfoot has it right. The N-11 has the long parallel lips known as Longmouth (Obverse 10) with the 9 a little high and leaning right and the outer leaf at E folds under the adjoining leaf like Reverse F rather than the distinct tip of the N-15 with the same Obverse but matched with Reverse J. The doubling is wrong, but it may actually have minor doubling from the strike which is hiding the diagnostic.

It's a great coin and thanks for the opportunity to practice attribution of a middle date.

 

Compare Mark's coin to this one, the Boobie from my collection:

 

p.s. here is the link to Mark's coin at Heritage (Mark, I hope you don't mind):

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1139&Lot_No=7152

 

No I do not mind. And you convinced me it is an N-11. And where newcomb got - 6th star nearly over point of coronet I will never know.

 

PS - Nice booby head coin.

I like the bobby story also.

 

I would agree wit N-11. When you look at the L in comparison to the front edge of the coronet the only ones that come close are 11 and 12 and since the browlock is not away from the forehead (N-12) that only leaves N-11.