The United States utilized a two-cent coin for just ten years, from 1864 to 1873.
Obverse Description
French text; steamship; rope, basket, seated woman with caduceus, bales, and barrels; lion
Reverse Description
French text; allegorical woman wearing Phrygian cap of liberty and necklace
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