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PCGS Number: 3608
Coin Date: 1870
Denomination (Short): 2c
Denomination (Long): 2 Cents
Desg: MS
Composition: 0.95 copper; 0.05 tin & zinc
Mintage: 861,250
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Two cent piece
Coinage Years: 1864-1873
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 23
Fineness: 0
Weight (Grams): 6.22
Weight (Ounces): 0
Designer: James B. Longacre
Edge: Plain
Obverse Description: An ornate shield flanked on the left and right by leaves with arrow heads and shanks (crossed behind) appear protruding at the four corners. A ribbon above the shield bears the words IN GOD WE TRUST, making this coin design the first usage this now-ubiquitous motto. The date is positioned at the bottom center.
Reverse Description: A large numeral 2 with the word CENTS below (smaller) in the center is framed by a well-defined wheat wreath tied at the bottom center by a simple ribbon. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA appears around the periphery.
General Notes: The 1870 Two Cent Piece is a scarcer type coin as the mintage drops again from recent previous issues, by half, to below a million for the first time. Extremely common in all grades up to the finest of gems which are just slightly scarce. The color designations show a very gradual increase in value and rarity with only the highest graded red gems being rare.
NGC ID: 22NE

1870 2c RD

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value
MS63	$780.00
MS64	$1,620.00
MS65	$4,050.00
MS63 CAC	$960.00
MS64 CAC	$2,060.00
MS65 CAC	$5,000.00

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
Stacks Bowers	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-64 RD (PCGS). CAC.	64	$2,400	03/27/24
	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-64 RD (PCGS). CAC.	64	$2,640	08/25/22
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (18/17). NGC Census: (10/10). CDN: $1,300 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintag	64	$2,160	02/27/22
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (18/20). NGC Census: (10/9). CDN: $1,300 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage	64	$1,692	10/13/20
	1870 2C MS64+ Red PCGS. CAC.	64	$1,920	09/18/20
	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-64+ RD (PCGS). CAC.	64	$2,040	08/07/20
	2C 1870 PCGS MS64+ RD	64	$1,586	03/26/20
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (18/19 and 2/0+). NGC Census: (10/9 and 0/0+). CDN: $1,400 Whsle. Bid for NGC/	64	$5,760	02/23/20
	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-64 RD (PCGS). CAC.	64	$1,440	06/23/18
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. CAC.	64	$1,920	03/30/18
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS.	64	$9,400	09/11/16
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1870 2c RD	64	$1,840	06/02/13
	1870 2C MS64+ Red PCGS Secure.	64	$4,025	01/09/11
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS.	64	$4,899	08/15/10
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS.	64	$3,738	09/13/09
	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. PCGS Population (15/13). NGC Census: (8/9). Mintage: 861,250. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS coi	64	$1,840	05/27/07
HA	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. The 1870 was the first date of the denomination with a mintage less than 1 million pieces, and the i	64	$1,092	01/06/07
HA	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. Nearly 20 million two cent pieces were produced in 1870. But mintages declined every year thereafter	64	$6,325	10/26/06
HA	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. Although just shy of Gem quality, this is one of only a few high quality pieces retaining its fully	64	$2,990	04/29/06
HA	1870 2C MS64 Red PCGS. A scarce coin with full mint red, this two cent piece has retained its attract effulgence and avoide	64	$2,760	11/05/05
	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-65 RD (PCGS).	65	$2,640	08/16/21
	1870 2C MS65+ Red PCGS. CAC.	65	$11,400	02/23/21
	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-65 RD (PCGS). OGH.	65	$3,240	12/17/20
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$3,240	08/03/20
	2C 1870 PCGS MS65 RD CAC	65	$4,348	03/26/20
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$3,600	03/14/19
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS. CAC.	65	$4,080	01/10/19
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$4,560	01/04/18
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$11,750	05/01/16
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$7,638	06/23/14
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS. CAC.	65	$11,162	06/08/14
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS Secure. CAC.	65	$5,581	01/12/14
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$4,700	01/12/14
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$5,288	01/12/14
	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$4,888	01/09/11
	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-65 RD (PCGS). CAC. Secure Holder.	65	$9,919	08/07/10
Stacks Bowers	1870 2c RD	65	$9,200	10/16/07
HA	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS. In 1870 the mintage of business strike two-cent pieces was halved again, as it had each of the previ	65	$6,038	01/07/06
American Numismatic Rarities	1870 2c RD	65	$2,760	03/08/05
HA	1870 2C MS65 Red PCGS.	65	$5,175	01/15/05
HA	1870 2C, RD	65	$978	01/10/98
HA	1870 2C, RD	65	$978	08/02/97
HA	1870 2C, RD	65	$1,320	01/04/95
HA	1870 2C, RD	65	$1,925	12/09/94
	1870 2C MS63 Red PCGS. PCGS Population: (4/35). NGC Census: (0/18). CDN: $310 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS63. Mi	63	$588	01/09/17
HA	1870 2C MS63 Red PCGS. Attractive coppery-gold color overlays each side. The design elements are well struck, and a few min	63	$748	09/24/05
HA	1870 2C MS65 Red NGC.	65	$2,280	01/31/19
HA	1870 2C, RD	65	$1,840	05/05/00
HA	1870 2C MS64 Red NGC.	64	$1,955	02/05/12
Stacks Bowers	1870 Two-Cent Piece. MS-64 RD (NGC).	64	$1,719	08/19/11
HA	1870 2C MS64 Red NGC.	64	$2,300	06/06/10
HA	1870 2C, RD	64	$578	04/26/96

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