The two cent piece is one of the
short-lived issues of United States coinage. The Act of April 22, 1864,
included a provision for the bronze two cent piece. The weight was
specified as 96 grains (6.22 grams), the alloy being the same as for the
cent.
The 3 cent piece the smallest of
United States coins was authorized by Congress on March 3, 1851. Issues
from 1854 through 1873 have an olive sprig over the III and a bundle of
three arrows beneath. Nearly the entire production of non-proof coins
from 1863 to 1872 was melted in 1873. | 
