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1864 10C, PR67 PCGS Cert PageLarge TrueView ImageAbout this coin: Mintage of 470 coins This is one of my dimes. A fairly recent acquisition. It's one of 2 coins that are PCGS top pop. 
A Snapshot of the Year 1864The Civil War continued through 1864, with both sides winning victories and suffering defeats in a series of violent battles and occupations. In August a Union fleet took Mobil Bay despite the Alabama harbor being mined with torpedoes, and in October Confederate troops were pushed out of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. General William Tecumseh Sherman captured and burned Atlanta, after which he led 60,000 troops on a march through Georgia to the sea, cutting a path of destruction 30 to 60 miles wide. On Christmas Eve he took Savannah. By that time Abraham Lincoln had won reelection with 55% of the popular vote, beating George McClellan (former commander of all Union forces, who had been relieved of that duty in 1862.) Nevada became the 36th state in the Union in 1864, and in May, Montana Territory was divided from Idaho Territory. On the econimic front, the value of the federal government's Legal Tender Notes continued to plummet; in mid-July, a $10 note would buy no more than $3.90 in silver coins. The situation was even worse for Confederate paper money, with a $10 note worth a mere $0.46 in coinage. The Coinage Act of April 22, 1864 prohibited the private issue of any one- or two-cent coins, tokens, or devices for use as money; in June another law abolished private coinage of every kind. This marked the end of the Civil War tokens.   
I have quite a few TrueView images to post for 1864 so please bare with me. Edited by Tbone
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1864 2C Large Motto, PR66+BN PCGS Cert PageLarge TrueView ImageAbout this coin: Mintage of 100 coins  IN GOD WE TRUSTFacing the horrors of war, many Americans turned to God for solace. A new motto was created for the nation's coins: IN GOD WE TRUST, placed on the two-cent piece in 1864 and on other coins soon after. Edited by Tbone
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Whoa, loving that 2 cent piece Tbone! So beautiful.
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