Counterfeit large cent!? Matron head

[crabstang44]

Found both pieces within a few feet out in the field, must have been hit by plow, look at the cracks and break, must be counterfeit?

 

[trapperart]

Don't know but congrats

 

[d3t3ctr0n]

It could be an 1837 Series Token Large Cent.

 

[Scrappy]

I see a Hard Times Token theory was suggested, but the details point toward a standard cent. Besides that, those tokens were struck just the same as large cents on quality planchets. Coins break like the one you found when they're cast, explaining your counterfeit theory. They also break like that when they're subject to intense heat. My thought is this coin was perhaps in a house fire.

Cool find bud

 

[crabstang44]

anyone have anymore info on this counterfeit?