1834 Matron Head Coronet Head Cent - Small 8 - Matron Head Large Cent (Small 8) N-2 Clipped Planchet

Description

This 1834 Matron Head large cent of the Small 8 date variety — catalogued as Newcomb N-2 — exhibits a clipped planchet error, placing it at the intersection of die variety attribution and pre-strike mint error. Clipped planchets occur when the blanking press punches a new planchet from a strip of copper that partially overlaps a hole left by a previously punched blank, producing a coin with a characteristic curved or straight void along one edge. The Small 8 designation refers to the smaller-punched 8 digit in the date, a variant that distinguishes several 1834 die marriages in the Newcomb classification system. Newcomb N-2 is a specific die pairing within that system, the definitive reference for Matron Head — later termed Coronet Head — large cents struck from 1816 through 1839. The 1834 Matron Head cent was produced in pure copper at the Philadelphia Mint.

Cross References

• Newcomb N-2