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Obverse Description
An ornate shield flanked on the left and right by leaves with arrow heads and shanks (crossed behind) appear protruding at the four corners. A ribbon above the shield bears the words IN GOD WE TRUST, making this coin design the first usage this now-ubiquitous motto. The date is positioned at the bottom center.
Reverse Description
A large numeral 2 with the word CENTS below (smaller) in the center is framed by a well-defined wheat wreath tied at the bottom center by a simple ribbon. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA appears around the periphery.
Catalog Information
GSID:
81155
Designer:
James B. Longacre
Obverse Designer:
James B. Longacre
Obverse Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST, 1872
Reverse Designer:
James B. Longacre
Reverse Lettering:
2, CENTS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Weight (gr):
6.22 gr
Weight (oz):
0.2 oz
Strike Type:
Business
Diameter:
23
Coin Shape:
Round
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
Doubled Die Obverse
Variety 2:
FS-101
Coin Date:
1872
Denomination:
2c
Designation:
MS
Mint Location:
Philadelphia
Mintage:
65,000
Coinage Type:
Two cent piece
Coinage Years:
1864-1872
Composition:
0.95 copper; 0.05 tin & zinc
PCGS #:
38293
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Coin Value History
1872 2c Doubled Die Obverse , FS-101 MS RB
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1872 2c Doubled Die Obverse , FS-101 MS RB
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1872 Two-Cent Piece. FS-101. Doubled Die Obverse. MS-65 RB (NGC).
$4,320
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS64 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. ...
$4,080
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS63 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. ...
$3,120
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS65 Red and Brown PCGS. A rare Gem Red and Brown example of this final-year circulati...
$5,520
1872 Two-Cent Piece. FS-101. Doubled Die Obverse. MS-64 RB (PCGS).
$3,120
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS63 Red and Brown ANACS. ...
$2,640
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS65 Red and Brown NGC. ...
$5,280
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS64 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. ...
$4,230
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS65 Red and Brown NGC. ...
$4,935
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS64 Red and Brown PCGS. ...
$3,642
2C 1872 DDO FS-101, (FS-006) PCGS MS65 RB
$5,875
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS65 Red and Brown PCGS. ...
$14,100
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS65 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. ...
$8,812
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS65 Red and Brown NGC. ...
$5,405
1872 2C Doubled Die Obverse MS65 Red and Brown PCGS. CAC. FS-101. ...
$12,925
2-Cent Piece 2c 1864-1872 MS BN [Type]
Worth: $12 – $6,000
2-Cent Piece 2c 1864-1872 MS RB [Type]
Worth: $135 – $7,680
2-Cent Piece 2c 1864-1872 MS RD [Type]
Worth: $240 – $24,000
1864 2c Small Motto MS BN
Worth: $110 – $4,400
1864 2c Small Motto MS RB
Worth: $1,175 – $9,000
1864 2c Small Motto MS RD
Worth: $2,200 – $70,000
1864 2c Large Motto MS BN
Worth: $12 – $6,000
1864 2c Large Motto MS RB
Worth: $135 – $7,680
1864 2c Large Motto MS RD
Worth: $240 – $24,000
1865 2c MS BN
Worth: $12 – $6,000
1865 2c MS RB
Worth: $135 – $7,680
1865 2c MS RD
Worth: $240 – $24,000
1865 2c Plain 5 MS BN
Worth: $14 – $7,200
1865 2c Plain 5 MS RB
Worth: $162 – $9,216
1865 2c Plain 5 MS RD
Worth: $288 – $28,800
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