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1864 Two-Cent Piece. Small Date. Image: Stack's Bowers / CoinWeek.

1864 Two-Cent Piece – A Collector’s Guide | CoinWeek

With the passage of the Coinage Act of 1864, the United States Congress authorized the design and production of a brand-new denomination, the short-lived...
1865 Two-Cent Piece. Image: CoinWeek / NGC.

1865 Two Cent Piece : A Collector’s Guide

First struck in 1864 in an attempt to solve the nationwide coin shortage, caused by the onset of the U.S. Civil War, the Two...
Two-Cent Piece. Image: CoinWeek/ Stack's Bowers.

The Two-Cent Piece: The Civil War and In God We Trust

The two-cent piece was a large copper coin struck by the United States Mint. It was first struck in 1864, but public demand for...

Ten Big U.S. Coin “Failures”

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek .....   Not every coin produced by the United States Mint is embraced by the public or does its job for...
United States 1864 Large Motto Two Cent Piece

United States 1864 Large Motto Two Cent Piece

In 1864 when the Two Cent coin was first issued, the US Civil War was still raging. One effect of the war was a...

Classic US Coins: The Short-Lived Two Cent Piece

The Two Cent Piece by Kathleen Duncan - Pinnacle Rarities ......   The Two Cent piece designed by James Longacre was struck for a mere 10...

Abraham Lincoln: A Numismatic Legacy Considered

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for PCGS ...... Prelude to War On January 12, 1848, a 39-year-old Whig congressman from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln took...

Pogue Collection Surpasses $106 Million

Fifth Sale Nets Over $21 Million for 232 Coins Setting a new world record for the most valuable numismatic cabinet ever sold, and perhaps a...

U.S. Coin Patterns for Less than $5,000 Each, Pt. 2: Two Cent Pieces

Analysis regarding scarce coins, markets, and coin collecting #345 A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg Reynolds ..... It has already been explained, in Part 15 of a...
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Coin Shows – Endless Numismatic Summer at Anaheim ANA World’s Fair of Money

By Jim Bisognani – Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ..... Two Cent Red Rarities; Franklin Halves A Valuable & Economical Series I can’t believe that as this article...

David Lawrence Rare Coins Auction Highlights for July 5, 2015

CoinWeek Staff Reports.... The numismatic firm of David Lawrence Rare Coins in Virginia Beach, Virginia, has been offering weekly online coin auctions for several years....

Bowers: Surprise! Two-Cent Pieces in the Midwest in 1880

by Q. David Bowers - Stack's Bowers Two-cent pieces were first made in 1864, at a time when small change was scarce in circulation. In...
Two-Cent Pieces. Image: CoinWeek.

Collecting Two-Cent Pieces

News and Analysis on scarce coins, markets, and the coin collecting community #54 A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds Two-Cent Pieces are interesting and fun to...

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