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just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Spikeanator6982 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:18 pm

Well, I just found the oldest penny I have ever seen as far as I remember. It is a 1858 flying eagle. I think its real. It is pretty worn but hey. :D of course, it was on the reject side with the zincs through the Ryedale.

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I hope the images aren't too big...
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Spikeanator6982 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:23 pm

anyone know a quick way to post pics from an iphone? lol
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby henrysmedford » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:23 pm

Do you have a scanner can you post a scan/photo only a 1857 is older and then they are large cents.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby henrysmedford » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:25 pm

Spikeanator6982 wrote:anyone know a quick way to post pics from an iphone? lol

I just PM you with my email address and if you email it I will post it for you.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby DebtFreeMe » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:32 pm

Nice find...
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Rodebaugh » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:45 pm

thats a tough find.

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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby henrysmedford » Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:48 pm

Spikeanator6982 wrote: :D of course, it was on the reject side with the zincs through the Ryedale.

.880 Copper and .120 nickel :mrgreen:
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby rsk1963 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:32 pm

Great score. Congrats!
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby hags » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:45 pm

henrysmedford wrote:Do you have a scanner can you post a scan/photo only a 1857 is older and then they are large cents.


And the 1856 eagle is older....and very rare.....
Great find....congrats

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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby plus1hdcp » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:55 pm

Congrats! What a find.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Spikeanator6982 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:20 pm

Anyone know more than I about guessing a grade and value?
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby jacer333 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:20 pm

Wow, great snag there! Congrats :D
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby henrysmedford » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:39 pm

Spikeanator6982 wrote:Anyone know more than I about guessing a grade and value?

see--http://numismedia.com/fmv/prices/flycnt/pricesgd.shtml
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby assetcoin » Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:42 am

Very nice!
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Engineer » Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:22 am

The old saw about luck taking a lot of work seems fitting here. Congratulations!
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby knibloe » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:18 am

Very nice find. Congrats.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby sparechange » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:40 am

Wow! A great find.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby twentybux » Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:41 am

Absolutely WOW! Congrats on the find!
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Spikeanator6982 » Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:09 am

so, anyone else ever find one of these pennies? Just did a bit of testing, using the 1858 coin as a accept coin, the Ryedale kicks both zincs and copper, I dont have any other flying eagle cents to test the acceptance. wonder how many coins like this people miss.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby henrysmedford » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:14 am

Spikeanator6982 wrote:so, anyone else ever find one of these pennies? Just did a bit of testing, using the 1858 coin as a accept coin, the Ryedale kicks both zincs and copper, I dont have any other flying eagle cents to test the acceptance. wonder how many coins like this people miss.

We run using a zinc as a test coin. and then a copper and the a quick look.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby hirbonzig » Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:56 pm

Great circulation find! Have there been other flying eagle finds or is this a first?
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Spikeanator6982 » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:16 pm

henrysmedford wrote:
Spikeanator6982 wrote:so, anyone else ever find one of these pennies? Just did a bit of testing, using the 1858 coin as a accept coin, the Ryedale kicks both zincs and copper, I dont have any other flying eagle cents to test the acceptance. wonder how many coins like this people miss.


We run using a zinc as a test coin. and then a copper and the a quick look.


I just was thinking about maybe running my zinc rejects through an accept for this 1858 coin, thus trying to find any others that I didnt see visually by chance. Normal operation I run a 1980 accept then a zinc reject this the coppers for a second run.
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby Spikeanator6982 » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:16 pm

hirbonzig wrote:Great circulation find! Have there been other flying eagle finds or is this a first?


this is my first flying eagle find :)
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby hobo finds » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:39 pm

Spikeanator6982 wrote:Anyone know more than I about guessing a grade and value?


Looks like you can buy another box of cents with! Nice find!
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Re: just found the oldest penny I have ever seen

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:56 pm

Looks like a $20 bill to me!


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