Click to enlargeJ306/P371

The popular Washington obverse design with the "Curved" 2 cents reverse. These were apparently struck late in 1863 as per the following notation in George Eckgeldt's journal.



In addition to the illustrated example in copper-nickel J306/P371, these were also struck in the following combinations:

Copper/Bronze J305/P370 on both thin 78 grain and thick circa 92 grain planchets.

Oroide J307/P372. This may not actually exist as the Byron Reed example is now attributed as a J306/P371.

Aluminum J308/P373 with only 2 to 4 specimens believed to exist.

Eckfeldt journal image courtesy of Alan Meghrig.