Cherry Picked 1835 Half Cent

[benjmurts]

I had recently posted this 1835 half cent under the grading section.

My next question is is there any sort of doubling going on here?.

It is not listed in the cherry pickers guide although there are similar results on other coins.

[Gunny]

Have a picture of the full Obverse & Reverse? I can try to help with identifying the Cohen variety.

[BillJones]

So far as we know there are two varieties of the 1835 half cents.

[CaptHenway]

It is not listed in the Cherrypickers Guide because the doubling is so common there is nothing to "cherrypick."

[DWLange]

You have a Cohen-2 example, which is fairly common. There's nothing special about the "shoulder doubling," which is seen in the NGC VarietyPlus entry:

 

http://www.ngccoin.com/coin-varieties/half-cents/1835-1--c-2-106/

[coinsbygary]

The two varieties are on the reverse and refer to the spacing between the "S" and the "T" in STATES. C-1 varieties display the "ST" apart and C-2 display the "ST" close. From what I can tell yours is the C-2 variety. Incidentally, my 1835 is a C-2 just like yours. PCGS coinfacts has a good side by side comparison of the two varieties

 

[Gunny]

Very nice Half Cent you have there Gherrmann44. Beautiful.

 

[physics-fan3.14]

During the mid-19th century, this type of "doubling" is extremely common. Longacre was particularly well known for it - many of the coins he engraved exhibit "Longacre Doubling." As DW Lange refers too, it is more appropriately referred to as shoulder doubling, and results when the engraver punches the digits too deeply into the coin.

 

Also, ghermann, that is a beautiful coin!