My newest 2 Cent purchase

I have to collect on a budget now since I'm retired and that forces me to look for the best coins with what I can afford. Unfortunately I cant always buy the highest grade. I like to shop at a $50 dollar per coin limit but I've been known to spend alot more. Anyway....this is my latest "Under $20" purchase....of course, opinions are always welcome

 

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It is horrible. You should send it to me for my two cent book..... LOL that is a handsome piece!

 

Very nice! That coin would up grade my type set a few notches!

Edit: Great pictures BTW!

 

Nice original copoer. Like LordM said, collecting on a budget is hard but rewarding. Take your time and be patient. It will show. That's what a true numismatist does. There's more to coin collecting than just buying coins.

 

I like it. Even more at under $20.

 

Thanks everyone for your kind words.....even though I've been collecting coins since 1979 I'm constantly learning....thats one reason I wanted to collect series that I've never collected before. Now....I have to find a nice 1865 and 1870 2 Cent coins.

 

Very nice for the money. I'd spend that money all day long over and over. Love two cent pieces and large copper.

 

That is a very sweet specimen, & what makes it real special (to me, anyway) is that, with that amount of wear, you can pretty much be certain that it passed through the hands of at least several Civil War veterans. I like it!

 

Truer words were never spoken. My Lincoln cent book was started in the 1970's and most of it is filled with very average (cull) cents. Wasn't all that many years ago that I plugged the last hole. But I will always leave that book filled with the average coins that took me so many years to accumulate. Probably won't be showing it off though!

 

Wow!! Thank you!! Thats awesome. I will send it in your messages

 

CT is a truly awesome community.

 

Absolutely

 

Very nice capture @Indianhead65 !

 

The 1865 is pretty easy, almost like the 1864 Large Motto. The 1870 is tougher. Here's the one I had in a set that I formed and sold years ago. I kept this one because the strike was light and delicate. This coin did not see much circulation. This coin grades EF-40. It is still raw.



I surprised that you didn't mention the 1871 and '72 for your want list. The 1871 is kind of tough, and the 1872 is a bear. That date is hard to find in EF, and there are issues about telling the Proofs from the Mint State pieces. I had an MS-63 Brown back in the late 1970s.

Needless to say the 1873 is a Proof-only date that has long been expensive. There is a Closed 3 variety and an Open 3 variety that is said to be a restrike. I think that it might have been one of the mint's "midnight creations."

 

I bought this 1870 2 cent piece before I started collecting foreign coins for only a few dollars. Granted though it has seen plenty of circulation and exhibits some PMD on the obverse.

 

Very nice!! I have a strange way of collecting I guess. I like to start at the beginning of the series and work date by date ..in order...and skip the ones I can't afford and go back later. So ...yes, 1871 and 1872 are definitely on my want list.

 

Nice acquisition! Don’t you just love those 2-centers?