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Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:59 pm
by uthminsta
There's a list from 2010 with 19th century coins found:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2403
There were quite a few more Indian cents

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:41 pm
by Cold-Silver
1911 cent during my first week of sorting, nothing older than the forties since then.

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:56 pm
by HoardCopperByTheTon
510 BC .. from Kroton .. a delphic tripod .. ya just gotta know where to look. :mrgreen:

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:01 pm
by eboyfudd
2nd Century A.D. Hebrew bronze coin from the 2nd Bar Kochba Rebellion. Looks just like :arrow:

Found in a $50 bag right here in the midwest.

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:02 am
by scyther
eboyfudd wrote:2nd Century A.D. Hebrew bronze coin from the 2nd Bar Kochba Rebellion. Looks just like :arrow:

Found in a $50 bag right here in the midwest.

Nice... do you know that it's real?

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:55 pm
by BamaJoe
1838 Half while sorting a box.

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:20 pm
by eboyfudd
scyther wrote:
eboyfudd wrote:2nd Century A.D. Hebrew bronze coin from the 2nd Bar Kochba Rebellion. Looks just like :arrow:

Found in a $50 bag right here in the midwest.

Nice... do you know that it's real?


Had a couple of LCS owner's look at it. One had no idea ... the other said he thought it was real. I'm not sure either is a real expert in the type.

J

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:32 pm
by John_doe
1880's Indian head cent

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:36 am
by scyther
scyther wrote:
scyther wrote:For a while mine was a 1917. Then I found a 1913. That was like 2 months ago, and I still haven't found anything older.

Last night I found a 1911. Sadly it's quite dirty and corroded, but the date's intact.

Tonight I found a 1910. It's pretty worn, but definitely better condition than the 1911.

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:05 am
by Numis Pam
My oldest found in bank purchased rolls was a 1919 S buff nic :thumbup:

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:32 pm
by Bigsarge
1901 V nickel

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:10 pm
by spacemanX
1903 IH, next two 1910's

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:10 pm
by Mr Paradise
1900 IH about 6 months ago. Found a 1912 in this weeks batch. :D

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:26 pm
by HD-Daddy
1871 Indian head. 50 dollar bag of cents.

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:11 am
by silverhedgehog
1860's Civil War token in a String penny roll.

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:18 am
by CardsNCoins
Found in a $25 penny box back in Feb.

Constantine the Great
Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Obverse type: Bust laureate and cuirassed right
Reverse: SOLI INVICTO COMITI
Reverse type: Sol radiate raising right hand, globe in left
Date: 313-314 AD
Mint: Ticinum
Reverse Symbol: *\:T T
Size: 20 mm

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Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:42 pm
by copperhead57
1892 V Nickel

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:22 pm
by MetalJunkie
1884 Indian Head Cent. in Toronto lol

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:52 am
by Cytic
1905 IH in a Brinks box.

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:26 pm
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
1797 US one cent. Made with a broken die. The most prized coin in my collection.

Now if only I could find a 1787 Fugio copper, or two..... :angel:

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:47 pm
by scyther
Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:1797 US one cent. Made with a broken die. The most prized coin in my collection.

Now if only I could find a 1787 Fugio copper, or two..... :angel:

Wow! How much is that worth? And did you find in a bag of pennies, or halves, or...?

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:20 am
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
scyther wrote:
Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay wrote:1797 US one cent. Made with a broken die. The most prized coin in my collection.

Now if only I could find a 1787 Fugio copper, or two..... :angel:

Wow! How much is that worth? And did you find in a bag of pennies, or halves, or...?

It was at a yard sale in a box of foreign coins. (Maybe I am cheating on the OP question a little, for it was not in circulation) I paid a quarter for it.

I took it to an LCS just to get some lively conversation about it and have it appraised. The coin shop owner was one of those guys whose attitude is all your coins are worthless junk and all his stuff is priceless treasure. I hate it when they do that. :x He said broken dies were common during that period and then made an insultingly low offer for it. :evil: I didn't want to sell it, just wanted to know what it was truly worth and enjoy the moment from a numismatic sense. I have not tried to get it appraised since.

I say it is the "most prized" for it heralds back to our nation's founding when LIBERTY was worth dying for. LIBERTY was the rule of the day. Who knows who held that coin? George Washington? John Jay? Thomas Jefferson?

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:43 am
by Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
uthminsta wrote:There's a list from 2010 with 19th century coins found:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2403
There were quite a few more Indian cents

Wow! Now that's the part of coin hunting I like!!! Impressive! :thumbup:

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:20 am
by scyther
scyther wrote:
scyther wrote:
scyther wrote:For a while mine was a 1917. Then I found a 1913. That was like 2 months ago, and I still haven't found anything older.

Last night I found a 1911. Sadly it's quite dirty and corroded, but the date's intact.

Tonight I found a 1910. It's pretty worn, but definitely better condition than the 1911.

And today I found an 1894 Indian Head penny. It's not in very good condition, but still way better than that 1911. So I guess I won't be updating this again if I do ever find a 1909...

Re: What's the oldest coin you've found?

PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:26 am
by Broseph
1911 wheat for me! Found in a cent roll