The two-cent piece was produced by the Mint of the United States for circulation from 1864 to 1872 and for collectors in 1873. Designed by James B. Longacre, there were decreasing mintages each year,
1836 pattern for the two-cent piece
Cent-sized Civil War token, issued privately as all federal coinage was hoarded
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Indian Head cent
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The Indian Head cent was a one-cent coin produced by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1859 to 1909. It was designed by James Barton Longacre, the Chief Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, and
Two-cent piece (United States)
…popular. It was abolished by the Mint Act of 1873. The economic turmoil of the American Civil War caused government-issued coins, even the non-silver Indian Head cent, to vanish from circulation, hoarded by the public. One means of filling this gap was private token issues, often made of bronze. The cent at that time…
NNC US 1859 1C Indian Head Cent
NNC US 1860 1C Indian Head Cent
A Spanish colonial two-reales piece ("two bits") from the Potosí Mint (today in Bolivia)