What do we have going on here?

planonit

That obverse is strange. A rare lds of one of the Newcombs with obverse cracks?

I don't know but curious as what increased the price by 1500% on this coin.
ebay.com/itm/1831-Large-Cent-/162280754690?hash=item25c8afce02%3Ag%3AHY4AAOSwImRYKhf4&nma=true&si=UiJhk8XWiHELwou8eyRKqrJpM8o%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

LoveMyLiberty

Hard to tell from poor worn images, but I believe
this is an 1831 N-9 that has die cracks along the top
of the date & up thru the left 8 stars and about 5 of
the right stars.
As the cracks progressed star 4 had a die break that
had a large piece of metal fall out of the die resulting
in the expanded die break.
Often collectors like to have examples of these stages.

LoveMyLiberty