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12 Dec 2021

American Two Cent Piece

Coins-United States | Coin Keeper

A two-cent coin and a twenty-cent cent piece were proposed in 1806 by Connecticut senator Uriah Tracy. He proposed that it would be made out of billion, or silver. Tracy’s legislation failed in the House of Representatives in 1806 and 1807.

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