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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3450622, member: 101855&quot;]It truly amazes me that collectors take so little interest in the odd denominations these days. Despite the fact that coins like the half cent, two cent, three cent and twenty cent pieces all have an interesting story to tell, collectors just don&#039;t seem to as interested in them as they were in say 1960s. Back then the 1864 Small Motto Two Cent Piece was &quot;key coin.&quot; Now, people don&#039;t seem to care.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, here is quick guide to cherry picking them at the shows. Most people point to the letter &quot;D&quot; in &quot;GOD.&quot; The Small Motto version is short and wide while the Large Motto variety is taller and narrower. That&#039;s a good way to spot them, but even in low grade, note how the whole design on the obverse is higer up on the face of than coin on the Small Motto than it is on the Large Motto piece. This difference can be spotted, even on very low grade coins where the motto is completely worn away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two varieties side by side, Small Motto left, Large Motto, right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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