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Aug 11, 2015 a year after the change to the cent, as the civil war approached its end, congress authorized a three cent piece comprised of 75% copper and 25% nickel in an attempt to reintroduce this denomination since the silver three cent pieces had disappeared from circulation. The two cent piece is one of three unusualand unsuccessfuldenominations of united states coins introduced in the second half of the 19th century, the other two being the three. Longacre modified the star on the obverse with the addition of three outlines, and the reverse was changed to show a bunch of arrows below and an olive branch above the roman. Today its probably the most popular american onecent piece ever made.
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