Show me your Two Cent Pieces

[Waveoff]

This is a great thread! Nice variety of coins everyone is posting. It seems like 2 cent pieces generally hold up well. I wonder if the alloy makeup was better than other coins of the time?

 

[RockCore]

My favorite coin. And my only 2 cent piece.

 

[pballwiz]

This came out of my cousin's yard. His home was built in the mid 1800's
I since have found another but htere's a hole right through the center.

 

[jimther]

And a couple of the worst pics I’ve taken!

Can’t argue with you on that, IDX

 

[jimther]

I have found five of them - this is the best one I've found. The other side does have a little corrosion:

Gorgeous!!! Great photo.
Jim

 

[Foragist]

I WANT ONE!! Those are awesome!

 

[Treasure2some]

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[spenglure]

Nope, this was in the front yard of an 1800's home with two 90+ year old women living there.
Beautiful black rich soil.
Unfortunately, they sold (due to age) went to a nursing home, and the home has been torn down and DEVELOPED

Sad day for that! I bet it did give up the goods!!

 

[jerrycoastalnc]

This is a great thread! Nice variety of coins everyone is posting. It seems like 2 cent pieces generally hold up well. I wonder if the alloy makeup was better than other coins of the time?

Or perhaps they for some reason didn't see as much circulation, it was one of the shortest lived issues of U.S. coinage, 9 years. Also first coin with " IN GOD WE TRUST'.

 

[jerrycoastalnc]

2 cent coins

This is a great thread! Nice variety of coins everyone is posting. It seems like 2 cent pieces generally hold up well. I wonder if the alloy makeup was better than other coins of the time?

Or perhaps they for some reason didn't see as much circulation, it was one of the shortest lived issues of U.S. coinage, 9 years. Also first coin with " IN GOD WE TRUST'.

 

[Waveoff]

Or perhaps they for some reason didn't see as much circulation, it was one of the shortest lived issues of U.S. coinage, 9 years. Also first coin with " IN GOD WE TRUST'.

Perhaps. It's just strange that all of the Indians (same metal composition) that I've dug at this spot are toasty and the 2 cent I found was not.

 

[T-Man]

I'd offer my 2 cents but unfortunately I don't have any to contribute. They must of made those out of some good metal cause these all looks great.

 

[rustyk1]

It does seem that most of them found are from 1864 to 1866, with a very few exceptions. I had two '64s and '65s and one '69 and there was one not able to date. All from one location in Lowell Ma. I just wish I still had them.

 

[matmit]

Great looking bunch of coins here guys!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Here's the mintages for the two cent piece. A total of around 45.5 million total coins. Wikipedia states that around 17 million were repurchased by the mint and melted down. That would only leave 28.5 million total coins left in existence. Probably why they're so hard to find!

1864 - 19,822,500
1865 - 13,640,000
1866 - 3,177,000
1867 - 2,938,750
1868 - 2,803,750
1869 - 1,546,500
1870 - 861,250
1871 - 721,250
1872 - 65,000
1873 - proof only

 

[matmit]

I found another one last week and "over-cleaned" it, but at least now I tell what it is

 

[Tom_in_CA]

proof of collusion

Hey gang: Scroll down the list of respondees to this post. Who are all proudly displaying their 2-centers. Then glance up at where they're from. Notice that ... almost without exception, they are all EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI .

Now ... seriously dudes .... if this isn't proof of faked finds collusion , WHAT IS ?

 

[GKman]

Here are some of mine

 

[Wom 27]

In my eight years, I’ve never found one !! Count your blessings !!