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Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:26 pm
by maoguinn
1899 Indian i picked up at a coin show. Sorry no pic.

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:25 pm
by abe
Had a Conn.copper and many lg cents but sold them, so now the oldest cent is a 1857 FE.

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:43 pm
by mtalbot_ca
See under the Canada numismatic thread, but I just found yesterday what I believe to be an 1589 Double Tournois French coin in a regular CWR of pennies. The picture is over there,

Cheers,

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:24 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
1818 Large Cent......it's rough but it's close to 200 years old!

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:27 pm
by CoinHuntingObsession
1857 FE, F-15 no pictures because the pics I have are too big.

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:18 am
by Know Common Cents
1798 large cent. Bought it in the early 1960s for $2.25 and still have it. Not a gem by anyone's standards and, if submitted, would likely grade about good. Fun to have, though, and has always made me ponder where and why it was spent before ending up in my collection. Most definitely a cent with character.

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:13 pm
by mtalbot_ca
Again, I still do not believe how I found a 16th century coin in a penny roll that I purchased from some guy, ahead of me, at the bank.

See: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6527
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Double Tournois
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Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:22 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:1818 Large Cent......it's rough but it's close to 200 years old!


Well come Sunday somebody else will own it....it's in the auction section right now!

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:49 pm
by twentybux
1818 large cent I bought from an outstanding gentleman out in West Virginia. :D Thanks Doc!

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:54 am
by uthminsta
Let's see... my oldest US cent? A slick 1794 large cent.
A few of the oldest cents, pennies, and otherwise fun coppers from elsewhere:
1700 Great Britain farthing
1722 Great Britain 1/2 penny
1724 Sweden 1 ore
1754 Netherlands East Indies 1 duit
177x France 1/2 sol
1788 Great Britain condor penny token
1797 Great Britain cartwheel penny and twopence
1806 Ireland farthing
1832 Nova Scotia (Canada) 1/2 penny token
1883 Mexico 1 centavo
1895 Peru 2 centavos

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:04 pm
by CU Baker
Common sence, and nobody can buy it or take it away. ;)

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:04 pm
by uthminsta
CU Baker wrote:Common sence, and nobody can buy it or take it away. ;)

but how OLD is it? :lol:

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:09 pm
by CU Baker
uthminsta wrote:
CU Baker wrote:Common sence, and nobody can buy it or take it away. ;)

but how OLD is it? :lol:


55 yrs of hard knock, ups and downs,smiles and frowns, and today just thanking my higher power I am alive. :lol:

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:05 pm
by brandon
1838 large cent

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:25 am
by uthminsta
I was just thinking about this thread, and got these today...
1805 Ireland halfpenny
1828 Mexico 1 real
and remembered I had...
1687 Great Britain threepence
1867 Vatican / Papal States 2 soldi
1878 Netherlands 1 cent

Re: Oldest Cent YOU own

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:21 am
by Mercuryman
Oldest cent would be an 1865 Indian head that i found in circulation, almost a slick. Amazing to think a coin was in circulation for nearly 145 years