UNITED STATES TWO CENTS
(1864-1873)
The United States Two Cents
is an unusual denomination that first appeared in 1864, during a
period of coin shortages caused by the Civil
War. Attempts to introduce the Two Cents denomination occurred
in 1806 and 1836, but both efforts failed due to technical
considerations. In
1863, Mint officials revived the idea of a Two Cents Coin
simultaneous with their plans to reduce the weight and metal content of
the bulky,
Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cent. Apparently, the Mint noticed
the success
of the privately issued Civil War tokens of One Cent size (on
thinner, pure copper planchets) and realized that the public was now
ready to
accept what were essentially underweight coppers. In 1864, the
Mint effectively destroyed the market for Civil War tokens by issuing
almost
forty million Indian Cents on copper planchets and nearly twenty million
of the new Two Cents (at exactly double the weight of the One Cent
coins).
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