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1864 2c Small Motto BN

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade CPG Value
PR60 $10,000.00
PR61 $12,000.00
PR62 $16,200.00
PR63 $25,200.00
PR64 $30,000.00
PR65 $46,800.00
PR66 $66,000.00
PR60 CAC $12,000.00
PR61 CAC $14,400.00
PR62 CAC $19,200.00
PR63 CAC $30,200.00
PR64 CAC $36,000.00
PR65 CAC $56,200.00
PR66 CAC $79,200.00

Apr Data

10 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1864 2C Small Motto PR65 Brown PCGS. 65 HA 39,600 01/12/2023
    1864 2C Small Motto PR65 Brown PCGS. We know that the Philadelphia Mint produced approximately 100 proof two cent pieces in 65 HA 52,800 03/21/2022
    1864 Two-Cent Piece. Small Motto. Proof-65 BN (PCGS). 65 Stacks Bowers 54,050 06/23/2017
    1864 2C Small Motto, FS-401, PR63 Brown PCGS. 63 HA 21,150 09/11/2016
    1864 2C Small Motto PR65 Brown PCGS. 65 HA 35,250 04/26/2015
    1864 Small Motto 2c PR BN 63 Legend-Morphy 38,188 02/13/2014
    1864 Two-Cent Piece. FS-401. Small Motto. Proof-63 BN (PCGS). 63 Stacks Bowers 35,132 11/15/2012
    1864 Small Motto 2c PR BN 64 Scotsman 28,750 10/17/2008
    1864 2C Small Motto PR65 Brown PCGS. Thanks to the efforts of those who have gone before us, we know that the Philadelphia 65 HA 37,375 09/16/2006
    1864 2C Small Motto PR65 Brown PCGS. Thanks to the 65 HA 31,050 05/31/2003
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 3624
      Coin Date: 1864
      Denomination (Short): 2c
      Denomination (Long): 2 Cents
      Variety: Small Motto
      Desg: PR
      Composition: 0.95 copper; 0.05 tin & zinc
      Mintage: 20
      Strike Type: Proof
      Coinage Type: Two cent piece
      Coinage Years: 1864-1873
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Diameter: 23
      Weight (Grams): 6.22
      Designer: James B. Longacre
      Edge: Plain
      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.
      General Notes: This year the Mint struck the Two Cent coins with a Small Motto which was later changed to the Large Motto. The Large Motto of IN GOD WE TRUST ended up being the permanent choice of design for the remainder of the time that this denomination was produced. The Small Motto is actually the more scarce of the two. This issue comes from a mintage of just 30 pieces in which all grades, colors and cameos are rarities.
      PCGS #: 3624
      NGC ID: 274S
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