two-cent piece

discontinued coin of the United States (1864–1873)
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two-cent piece

Summary

two-cent piece is a coin type[1]. It draws 263 Wikipedia views per month (coin_type category, ranking #66 of 405).[2]

Key Facts

  • two-cent piece is in the country of United States[3].
  • two-cent piece's instance of is recorded as coin type[4].
  • two-cent piece's instance of is recorded as discontinued product model[5].
  • two-cent piece's manufacturer is recorded as United States Mint[6].
  • two-cent piece's depicts is recorded as seal of the president of the United States[7].
  • two-cent piece is made of copper[8].
  • two-cent piece is made of tin[9].
  • two-cent piece is made of zinc[10].
  • two-cent piece is made of billon[11].
  • two-cent piece is made of copper-based alloy[12].
  • two-cent piece is a type of coin of the United States dollar[13].
  • two-cent piece's designed by is recorded as James B. Longacre[14].
  • two-cent piece's Commons category is recorded as Two-cent piece (United States)[15].
  • two-cent piece began on 1863[16].
  • two-cent piece's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+6.22'}[17].
  • two-cent piece's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+23.00'}[18].
  • two-cent piece's discontinuation date is recorded as 1873[19].
  • two-cent piece's face value is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+0.02'}[20].

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Material and Period

Recorded made from material include copper[8], tin[9], zinc[10], billon[11], and copper-based alloy[12].

Why It Matters

two-cent piece draws 263 Wikipedia views per month (coin_type category, ranking #66 of 405).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Designed by
    Made from material copper, tin, zinc +2
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    Instance of coin type, discontinued product model
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534618705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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