Two cent piece!

[Bubbalew]

Today I found a 1866 Two cent piece in my own back yard!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: I have one question though, why does it have a perfectly placed hole in it? And how rare is it ? My wife is super excited now and wants to go with me more than she already has! I think another detector may be in the works! thumbsup01

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Hey, that's a great find! I've never found one, in spite of my user name! lol

Old coins are sometimes found with holes drilled in them. It was common to wear them around your neck as a good luck charm, or as a remembrance of a loved one.

From a collectible point of view, an 1866 Two-Cent Piece is relatively common and not worth a whole lot, but it's still incredibly cool to find one with a metal detector!

Congrats on your neat find! We would love to see a picture of it! :yes:

 

[Bubbalew]

here ya go!

 

[Bubbalew]

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[Tony Two-Cent]

It looks like it cleaned up pretty good! So often those 2 cent pieces are totally toasted.

Congrats again! :clapping:

 

[Snapolson]

That's nice. From what I've read, they used to hang the coin over a doorway for good luck, but they were usually the large copper pennies. Congrats!

 

[JTGOLD]

nice find,wtg.

 

[aloldstuff]

Nice find and in good shape to boot. I remember my 1st one a 1865, never seen one and thought I was rich when I recovered it. What type of detector do you think your wife will want?

 

[POKIE73]

i cannot say if its true but i was told by some older people one reason there are holes in some coins is they used to sew them to ther shirts as not to lose them because i quess back in the day a lot of shirts did not have pockets and this way they would not lose them i personly have about 50 coins with holes in them congrats on your finds that is a hard one to find now you can cross it off your list dennis

 

[CODY]

WTG! Nice find. Congrats |:cheering:

 

[Bell-Two]

Yes holed coins do turn up I found a Large Cent and a Two Cent piece in the same yard and they were both holed. Here is a picture of the Two Center it came out real nice.

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on a nice find, WTG |:cheering: You better start shopping now for another detector, your wife will catch the bug and want her own, LOL GL and HH

 

[jkress]

Awesome find Bubbalew. :clapping: It really cleaned up nicely. :smitten:
Definitely a great one to add to your collection.

 

[Bubbalew]

Nice find and in good shape to boot. I remember my 1st one a 1865, never seen one and thought I was rich when I recovered it. What type of detector do you think your wife will want?

Shes wanting my Ace 350, and I'm very much wanting to upgrade to a Garret 2500 GTI, but I cant get her to let me put down that coin yet LOL ...maybe a few more finds like that and she'll be all for it! lol lol lol

 

[Rob L]

Nice find .Great that you found it in your own backyard. There must be more goodies back there.

 

[Epi-hunter]

Great find! erfect10: I'm jealous - what a great backyard for detecting you have! :clapping:

 

[mike l]

I would love to find one of those happydance02

 

[DennisH]

That is a super cool coin!!!!!! :cheering:

 

[MassDirtFisher]

Congrats on the 2 center. Happy Hunting!!