1864 2 cent coin

[u2robert]

Went back to the hunted out place using the 6" coil.
I was hunting an area with a lot of exposed roots so it was slow hunting then bam 22 on the Nox clear and distinct.
4-5 inch's down next to a root was this coin a 1864 2 cent coin ( my first)
From what I read this coin has two sizes small motto & large motto
Can anyone tell if this coin is small motto or large?

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Nice score..I have never found a 2center yet.. congrats..

 

[fwcrawford]

Kind of hard to determine by the photo, but to me looking at some of the letters, it looks like the large motto.
Here is a photo of both versions...
Not a lot of difference in the two sizes in my opinion.
Also, there is no stem on the large motto version.
The small motto is more rare according to my book.
I forgot to add.... great find and as far as I am concerned, all of them are rare... I was lucky enough to find only one so far.

 

[Confetrit]

Great find of the War Coin. Congrat's. Very nice save.

 

[Mark kus]

Nice find the later ones are rarer I found a beautiful one last year AU condition.
What I want to find is a shield nickel which looks exactly the same on one side ..Mark

 

[7centsworth]

That is my favorite coin. 1864 two cent was the first coin to ever have In God we trust. Congratulations

 

[fwcrawford]

That is my favorite coin. 1864 two cent was the first coin to ever have In God we trust. Congratulations

Good point!!

 

[jim tn]

Very nice find, they don't come to light all that often. I have found 2 in my years of swinging and both were toasted. HH Jim tn

 

[floodplaindetector]

Great Find. I Found 2 in 18 years of detecting.

 

[Ronstar]

We dont have those out here, too new an area.... lol. I suppose some old cowboy could have dropped one as he passed thru?? I’m all over that once the snow if finally gone, say June.....

 

[laplander]

That's a nice deuce, congrats!
HH Jeff

 

[757Relics]

Awesome find! It's in great condition too. I've been looking for one of those for many years......

 

[onemore]

Wow, nice find... I have found a handful of them, but none are in good condition like yours! That soil must be much nicer on copper than my area!

 

[Dig2Deep]

That’s an excellent find!

 

[u2robert]

Wow, nice find... I have found a handful of them, but none are in good condition like yours! That soil must be much nicer on copper than my area!

Florida is a big sandbar. I've found coins that are 100 years old and they look like the were lost yesterday.

 

[coffeecan]

Love them old coins. Like me. I found my one and only one, believe it or not in L.A. McArthur Park in the late 70's. Nineteen 70's that is. Would be kinda scary to go there now.

 

[u2robert]

Love them old coins. Like me. I found my one and only one, believe it or not in L.A. McArthur Park in the late 70's. Nineteen 70's that is. Would be kinda scary to go there now.

Wasn't there a song or something about McArthur park?

 

[coffeecan]

"Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it took too long to bake it". Sorry, back to soldering a new pin connector on my GT. They drained that lake a while back. I didn't make it to that one. Echo Park lake they drained around 1981. Lots of goodies and old soda bottles. I remember those days. Echo Park had a song to.

 

[Old coin hunter]

Went back to the hunted out place using the 6" coil.
I was hunting an area with a lot of exposed roots so it was slow hunting then bam 22 on the Nox clear and distinct.
4-5 inch's down next to a root was this coin a 1864 2 cent coin ( my first)
From what I read this coin has two sizes small motto & large motto
Can anyone tell if this coin is small motto or large?

Real nice find, wish i would of found it. Jim

 

[Ronstar]

Rex Harrison sang MacPark, wrap your head around that!!!!