1865 Two Cent Piece, 1865 Two Cent Piece - Fancy 5 or 1865 Two Cent Piece - Plain 5: the source doesn't say which. Listed under each until it's settled.
1865 Two Cent Piece - RCD-2c-1865-04R Retained Cud
Error
Attribution
Discovered by
Fred Weinberg
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Cuds on Coins
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Description
Cataloged by Cuds on Coins, RCD-2c-1865-04R documents a die failure on the denomination that introduced IN GOD WE TRUST to American coinage — the first U.S. coin to bear the motto, beginning in 1864. By 1865, the second year of production, the Philadelphia Mint was striking these coins in 95% copper and 5% tin-and-zinc, a bronze composition whose relative softness was kinder to dies than harder nickel and silver alloys. Nevertheless, sustained production generated the fatigue necessary for rim cracks to develop and propagate. A retained cud forms when a fractured die fragment remains mechanically captured, continuing to impress a raised irregular mass onto each subsequent planchet. The Two Cent Piece series ran from 1864 through 1873, but mintages declined sharply after the first two years as the denomination proved redundant.
Cross References
- Cross reference number: none. 11/01/2013.
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