1864 - First Year Two Cent Piece (2c) Circulated

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Similar to coin depicted. Grading Good or better. Introduced in 1864, as Generals Grant and Lee traded important Civil War victories, these bronze 2¢ pieces helped make change duri ng a severe wartime coin shortage. Mintages of 2¢ pieces, struck only at Philadelphia, quickly declined beginning in 1864 and were issued for circulation for the last time in 1872. Show more