Set report · United States · Two Cents, Three Cents & Half Dimes
Two Cent Piece: Who Owns What
How often each Two Cent Piece coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 950 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Two Cent Piece catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1864 | — | 568 | 59.8% | Common |
| 1864 Small Motto | 19,822,500 | 175 | 18.4% | Scarce |
| 1864 (Proof) | — | 11 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1864 Small Motto (Proof) | 100 | 13 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1864 Large Motto (Proof Variety) | — | 6 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1864 Large Motto (Variety) | — | 104 | 10.9% | Very scarce |
| 1865 | 13,640,000 | 533 | 56.1% | Common |
| 1865 (Proof) | 500 | 9 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1866 | 3,177,000 | 284 | 29.9% | Scarce |
| 1866 (Proof) | 725 | 10 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1867 | 2,938,750 | 277 | 29.2% | Scarce |
| 1867 (Proof) | 625 | 11 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1867 Doubled Die Obverse (Variety) | — | 21 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1868 | 2,803,750 | 286 | 30.1% | Scarce |
| 1868 (Proof) | 600 | 10 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1869 | 1,546,500 | 212 | 22.3% | Scarce |
| 1869 (Proof) | 600 | 8 | 0.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1870 | 861,250 | 180 | 18.9% | Scarce |
| 1870 (Proof) | 1,000 | 10 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1871 | 721,250 | 190 | 20% | Scarce |
| 1871 (Proof) | 960 | 10 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1872 | 65,000 | 144 | 15.2% | Very scarce |
| 1872 (Proof) | 950 | 10 | 1.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1873 (Proof) | — | 11 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1873 Close 3 (Proof) | 600 | 7 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 1873 Open 3 (Proof Variety) | — | 6 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
- Common
- Uncommon
- Scarce
- Very scarce
- Extremely scarce
Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.