The two-cent coin was produced in the United States from 1864–1873 with decreasing mintages throughout that time. In terms of consumer price indexes, the 1864 coin would be comparable to $0.3 in today's money. Just over 45.5 million were produced.
The two-cent piece was authorized by Congress on April 22, 1864, by the Coinage Act. The same law also eliminated the half dime and the silver three-cent piece (the copper-nickel three-cent piece contin...
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The two-cent coin was produced in the United States from 1864–1873 with decreasing mintages throughout that time. In terms of consumer price indexes, the 1864 coin would be comparable to $0.3 in today's money. Just over 45.5 million were produced.
The two-cent piece was authorized by Congress on April 22, 1864, by the Coinage Act. The same law also eliminated the half dime and the silver three-cent piece (the copper-nickel three-cent piece continued to be minted through 1889). During the mid- and late-1970s there was some discussion about reviving the two-cent denomination (in conjunction with reducing the mintage of the one-cent piece), but nothing came of it.
Two-cent pieces were minted in both proof and regular issues. Although the proof mintages were normally smaller than the regular-issue mintages, more proofs of high grade survive as they were always considered special collector coins.
While all two-cent pieces are of the same type, many die varieties exist. The most significant...
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