1864 2 Cent Die Break Reverse

Very hard to tell with any certainty due to the wear on this one, but I'm fairly sure it's the Leone variety 54Q, it's also a lightly repunched date, does this coin by chance have a slight reverse rotation around 30 degrees counter clockwise?

No added value for the variety.

nice coin

Frank Leone lists the 54Q showing a die break almost identical to yours in location, can't see the other smaller breaks due to the wear on your coin, he says it is almost always found with a rotation of about 30 degrees. Since you confirm the rotation, I'd say it is the 54Q variety then. I don't believe it is listed in any other variety book that I'm aware of, Frank is one of the 2¢ nuts (like me) that has been researching all known die pairings of the series.

I'm using his hard to find and long out of print 1864 2¢ attribution guide. Frank never did any of the other books on other dates, though I've been after him to finish them, it's a lot of work for something that will never make him money and will eat up too much of his time.

If you are into every variety of 1864 2¢ pieces it's your book, otherwise, "The Authoritative Reference on Two Cent Coins" by Kevin Flynn is your only other choice to get now. Kliman's book is quite outdated and has no photos, only descriptions, and Kevin's first book "Getting your Two Cent's worth" is totally redone and added to in his latest volume I listed above. (They sell for around the same cost anyways).

I do know Frank is out of his books (he has another volume covering the whole series), it is a spiral bound guide. I've not seen them very often, I paid around $12.00 wholesale and sold them through my old coin website, (though I'd imagine they are a lot more now when available) - probably one you need to watch for them at numismatic book auction sites like Lake, Kolbe & Fanning, Charles Davis, etc. I've never seen one sell on ebay (doesn't mean they haven't but I look at the coin books all the time), and Frank was the only person besides JT Stanton that sold them as I recall.

The 1864 attribution guide came out is 1997 and has 248 pages the actual title is "Longacre's Two-Cent Piece 1864 Attribution Guide" by Frank Leone

I did just hear from Frank (He is in the NYC area, said he has found a bunch of old media and stuff and will be putting it up on ebay, No 2¢ books that I'm aware of though, he did write 13 issues of a newsletter (I was able to get my missing issue from him to complete my set) and he also has some books he did from Sam Thurman Cud series, I picked up. You may want to contact him soon if you want any of those, he told me supply was very limited on the Thurman Cud stuff and the 2¢ Times issues. Franks web site is http://www.1793.com

Hey Kris (my name too different spelling)! I started down the path with 1878 Morgans too. They are tough to find anymore, but their are so many really good ones out there that have never been VAM attributed it's always worth looking for the big score at coin shows, I actually look at Morgans on my first trip around a bourse then work my way back around looking for stuff I'm more interested in these days like early copper and Two Cent Piece varieties. Gotta to get to those 1878 Morgans quick because it seems everyone and their mother in law is also looking at them.

2centJimmy, you sure the one you have is not an 1865?