1865 War date 2 cent piece

[Mike N Tn.]

I found this extremely rare 1865 war date 2 cent piece on a cold, rainy, sleeting January 2021 day in Nashville, Tennessee. Also found was an 1898 silver Barber dime and three .69 caliber minie bullets. The 2 cent piece was in a hole where we had dug out a .69 cal. minie earlier. The signal was faint and when I finally reached the coin, I wondered how a quarter got down to 20 inches deep but after pulling it out I knew it was old. Initially I thought it was a shield nickel. My relic hunting partner recognized what it was. The rarity is due to the coin only being produced from 1864 to 1872 and then a third of them pulled out of circulation and repurposed as 1 cent pieces.

 

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[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[cmthunder]

Love the 2 cent pieces I’ve found a couple and those 69s are huge.
Sweet barber also.
Congrats

 

[lenmac65]

Congrats on the 2 cent piece. That was a short run coin for sure. Very elegant design, in my opinion. I have only found two of those myself, one of which happened to be an 1865 . Yours looks to be in good shape. Nice Barber and bullets too. I hope you have continued good luck.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking 2 Center and Barber. Great finds.

 

[l.cutler]

I've found a few 1865's myself, and 1 1867 2 cent pieces. They are always a thrill to find!

 

[islamoradamark]

The date is really clear nice find