2 Cents, United States, 1864
date: label: date made
content: 1864
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
label: designer
content: Longacre, James Barton
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 2 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1864
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Shield with arrows and laurel wreath behind. Ribbon above shield.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IN GOD WE TRUST / 1864
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Wreath of wheat.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 2 CENTS
label: Description
content: The two-cent piece was a short-lived denomination, minted for just ten years. First produced in 1864, these coins were minted to stabilize the market and assert the federal government’s control of money. Due to increased religious sentiment from the ongoing American Civil War, it became the first coin to carry the words “In God We Trust.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0181
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0181
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 2.3 cm; 3/32 in x 29/32 in