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1868 Two Cent Us Coin - G-Xf (Good To Extreemly Fine) Grade / Condition - Civil War Era Coin - 1868 Us 2 Cent Coin 1868 Two Cent Piece

1868 Two Cent Us Coin - G-Xf (Good To Extreemly Fine) Grade / Condition - Civil War Era Coin - 1868 Us 2 Cent Coin 1868 Two Cent Piece

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This listing is for one 1868 Two Cent US Coin, as pictured. G-XF (Good to Extremely Fine) Grades, Choose by Grade!

The two-cent piece was produced by the Mint of the United States for circulation from 1864 to 1872 and

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This listing is for one 1868 Two Cent US Coin, as pictured. G-XF (Good to Extremely Fine) Grades, Choose by Grade!

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, as other minor coins such as the nickel proved more 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 was struck of a copper-nickel alloy, the same diameter as the later Lincoln cent, but somewhat thicker. The piece was difficult for the Philadelphia Mint to strike, and Mint officials, as well as the annual Assay Commission, recommended the coin's replacement. Despite opposition from those wishing to keep the metal nickel in the coinage, led by Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864, authorizing bronze cents and two-cent pieces.

Although initially popular in the absence of other federal coinage, the two-cent piece's place in circulation was usurped by other base-metal coins which Congress subsequently authorized, the three-cent piece and the nickel. It was abolished in 1873; large quantities were redeemed by the government and melted. Nevertheless, two-cent pieces remain inexpensive by the standards of 19th-century American coinage.

1868 Two Cent US Coin - G-VF (Good to Very Fine) Grade / Condition - Civil War Era Coin - 1868 US 2 Cent Coin 1868 Two cent Piece