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Two Cents, 1865, Fancy 5, Die breaks: Obverse Date to arrows to leaves, Rev: Through AMERICA, to leaves /wreath. Die break from rim to top of T. Dot below 5 in date. AU Brown. POR
Two Cents 1866, XF-, $38.00 ...
Two Cents piece: the copper U.S. Two Cent pieces struck from 1864 to 1873.
Two cents worth:
Ostentatious, trivial contribution, or interference. "He can't resist adding his two cents worth!" Similar to "Two-penn'orth" in UK.
Nickel: ...
1864-73 TWO CENTS
UNION SHIELD
Image courtesy of Heritage Numismatic Auctions ...
Two Cents were issued from 1864 to 1873 and mintages declined steadily each year. Proof examples are known of all years.
Two Cents (1864-1873)
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Two Cents
(1864-1873)
Designer: James Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±23 millimeters ...
1864-73 Two Cents
See Also: Two Cent Piece Facts
1864 Two Cent Piece Obverse and Reverse
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Getting Your Two Cents Worth/Flynn (soft)
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The Two Cent Piece and Varieties (1983)/Kliman (soft) ...
Here is an example of two cents one copper and one zinc pressed at that same time in the same machine.
Sometimes people need to know how many pennies are in a pound.
Two Cents - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.
Three Cent Nickels - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.
Three Cent Silver - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark except the 1851 New Orleans issue, reverse side.
Vertically along the left margin is the inscription INTEREST TWO CENTS PER DAY.
Flynn, Kevin, Getting Your Two Cents Worth, Published by Kevin Flynn and Robert Paul, Rancocas, NJ, 1994. Taxay, Don, The U.S. Mint and Coinage, Arco Publishing Co., New York, 1966.
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Bronze two-cent pieces ...
two cent piece - A US coin with the value of two cents. Example: the copper shield design made from 1864 to 1873.
During the period 1785-1788 various states produced copper coins, usually by private contract with various individuals, although Massachusetts operated its own mint (and discontinued it when an audit revealed it cost two cents to produce each ...
It was exciting finding "keepers" by searching through rolls of coins straight from the bank. Then selling those pennies to the downtown coin dealer for two cents each. I thought... not bad for a 10 year old.
nickel, and zinc, both the US one- and five-cent coins are now worth more for their raw metal content than their face value. In particular, copper one-cent pieces (those dated prior to 1982 and some 1982-dated coins) now contain about two cents' ...
If a dime contains nine cents worth of silver and costs one cent to make, the government receives no seignorage. However, if the same dime contains two cents worth of copper and nickel and costs the same one cent to make, ...
Look in local gas stations, their penny dishes may contain wheat pennies.
It may be prudent to keep your copper Lincoln Memorial pennies (1959-1982) as well, as copper prices have risen to the point where each such penny is worth over two cents.
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