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PCGS Number: 3636
Coin Date: 1868
Denomination (Short): 2c
Denomination (Long): 2 Cents
Desg: PR
Composition: 0.95 copper; 0.05 tin & zinc
Mintage: 600
Strike Type: Proof
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 1868 Proof Two Cent Piece has an even lower mintage of 600 coins struck. Most of that mintage has survived. Scarce as of PR66 with brown and red-brown color. Full red examples are rare as of PR65. All pieces with cameo surfaces are extremely rare in any grade. Be on the lookout for nice toners as well as vividly red examples.
NGC ID: 274X

1868 2c BN

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value
PR60	$325.00
PR61	$390.00
PR62	$455.00
PR63	$533.00
PR64	$624.00
PR65	$910.00
PR66	$1,500.00
PR67	$4,750.00
PR60 CAC	$390.00
PR61 CAC	$468.00
PR62 CAC	$546.00
PR63 CAC	$640.00
PR64 CAC	$749.00
PR65 CAC	$1,080.00
PR66 CAC	$1,800.00
PR67 CAC	$5,700.00

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1868 2C PR66 Brown PCGS. CAC. CAC Population: (5/0). Mintage 600.	66	$1,560	08/18/24
	1868 2C PR66 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population: (9/2 and 2/0+). NGC Census: (6/0 and 0/0+). CDN: $900 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS PR6	66	$1,680	07/17/22
	1868 2C PR66 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population: (11/2 and 2/0+). NGC Census: (5/0 and 0/0+). CDN: $1,100 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS	66	$1,020	04/28/20
	2C 1868 PCGS PR66 BN	66	$1,528	06/27/19
	1868 Two-Cent Piece. Proof-66 BN (PCGS).	66	$1,200	03/20/19
	1868 2C PR66+ Brown PCGS Secure. CAC.	66	$3,480	03/30/18
	1868 2C PR66 Brown PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (4/0). NGC Census: (5/0). Mintage 600.	66	$1,292	01/09/17
	1868 Two-Cent Piece. Proof-65 BN (PCGS).	65	$840	08/23/23
	1868 2C PR65 Brown PCGS Secure. CAC. PCGS Population: (9/5 and 0/1+). NGC Census: (8/6 and 0/0+). PR65. Mintage 600.	65	$810	04/29/18
	1868 2C PR65 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population: (8/5). NGC Census: (8/5). CDN: $600 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS PR65. Mi	65	$517	08/06/17
	1868 2C PR65 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population: (7/4). NGC Census: (8/5). CDN: $600 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS PR65. Mi	65	$646	02/19/17
Stacks Bowers	1868 2c BN	65	$1,035	11/02/10
HA	1868 2C PR65 Brown PCGS. Fully struck and free of	65	$834	08/06/03
HA	1868 2C PR65 Brown PCGS. Well struck with uncommonly	65	$575	04/27/02
	1868 2C PR64 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population: (14/20 and 0/2+). NGC Census: (7/15 and 0/0+). CDN: $395 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS	64	$420	09/15/20
	1868 2C PR64 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population: (13/17). NGC Census: (7/14). CDN: $395 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS PR64.	64	$492	09/17/19
	1868 Two-Cent Piece. Proof-64 BN (PCGS).	64	$780	11/09/17
	1868 2C PR64 Brown PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population (13/9). NGC Census: (6/13). Mintage: 600. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem f	64	$470	01/27/15
	1868 2C PR64 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population (12/9). NGC Census: (6/13). Mintage: 600. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem free N	64	$441	02/05/14
	1868 2C PR64 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population (9/5). NGC Census: (4/12). Mintage: 600. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS coin i	64	$402	03/31/09
	1868 2C PR64 Brown PCGS. PCGS Population (8/5). NGC Census: (4/12). Mintage: 600. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS coin i	64	$719	06/02/08
HA	1868 2C, BN	64	$286	01/06/96
	1868 Two-Cent Piece. Proof-62 BN (PCGS).	62	$411	07/20/15
HA	1868 2C PR 63 Brown PCGS.	63	$398	05/22/05
HA	1868 2C PR63 Brown PCGS. The medium chocolate-brown	63	$356	08/23/04
HA	1868 2C PR66 Brown NGC.	66	$960	12/13/18
HA	1868 2C PR66 Brown NGC. NGC Census: (6/0). PCGS Population: (4/1). Mintage 600.	66	$1,200	03/31/18
HA	1868 2C PR66 Brown NGC.	66	$1,058	10/05/16
HA	1868 2C PR66 Brown NGC.	66	$1,410	06/12/16
Stacks Bowers	1868 Two-Cent Piece. Proof-66 * BN (NGC).	66	$1,998	11/06/15
Stacks Bowers	1868 Two-Cent Piece. Proof-66 BN (NGC). CAC.	66	$1,587	06/15/11
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1868 2c BN	66	$5,175	09/10/06
HA	1868 2C PR66 ★ Brown NGC. Well struck with uncommonly smooth surfaces and rich purple-brown p	66	$4,025	04/29/06
HA	1868 2C PR 66 Brown NGC.	66	$874	12/14/04
HA	1868 2C PR66 Brown NGC. Well struck, with pleasing light	66	$748	08/21/04
Stacks Bowers	1868 2c BN	66	$2,415	06/23/04
HA	1868 2C, BN	66	$920	04/23/99
HA	1868 2C PR65 Brown NGC. NGC Census: (9/6). PCGS Population: (8/6). CDN: $540 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS PR65. Min	65	$840	08/19/18
HA	1868 2C PR64 Brown NGC. NGC Census: (4/12). PCGS Population (7/5). Mintage: 600. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS coin in	64	$489	07/17/07

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