Always like finding a 2 Cent piece

[doninbrewster]

Had a couple of hours to hunt the other day and thought I would drive about a half hour south to hunt in the hope the ground wasn't frozen solid in the woods. Had a spot I picked out a few months ago that I never got to. Met my friend Charles over there and thought we'd give it a shot. It's right next to a stream and not far from the site of an old mill. Hit the woods and found there was a lot of trash. After about 15 minutes got a good signal and low and behold it was an 1864 2 Cent piece. It's only the 3rd 2 cent piece I've found in 35 years. I had found my second about 6 months ago and the first one was more than 30 years ago. They only made them for a short period of time and it seems they didn't circulate much. Although the 1864 is one of the most common dates I was happy to find it. Considering what it looked like when I pulled it out of the ground it didn't clean up too bad. Ended up pulling a 1907 Indian too which was also pretty poor looking coming out of the ground. Only found 2 coins, but at least they weren't clad or memorials.

 

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[Pointman]

That coin is on my list to find, but I think I will have to sit down if I found one because that just isn't something probably easily found around my parts.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice coin find!

 

[WildWildBill]

Old and green as it should be seen!

 

[RobRieman]

Very good Rob! Most people don't know that. Here's a picture of a NJ I found about a month ago. Now, what about the first use of the word "cent"?
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That's a sweet coin right there!

The Massachusetts half cents and large cents of 1787 were the first coins in the United States to use the word “cent”.

 

[DigIron2]

change the always like too,to always wanted to for me.That's another one on my wish list.That one is in very good shape too.very nice find.

 

[coinman123]

Very nice coppers. I hope to find a two cent piece but like you said, they were not used much, so I doubt it. I very curious on how you cleaned them so nice, they turned out incredible!

 

[DigIron2]

Very nice coppers. I hope to find a two cent piece but like you said, they were not used much, so I doubt it. I very curious on how you cleaned them so nice, they turned out incredible!

I am thinking maybe they came out of good ground.Maybe not allot of acid in the soil?