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Well actually I did get them in change at an old antique store way back in 1985 in South Wales, UK. I was wearing an old cowboy hat with a diamondback skin around the brim, the shop wanted to buy it, but I suggested that we change the 2 coins for my hat. But no, they weren't in circulation.
Edited by Dearborn
03/13/2023 7:38 pm
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Gonna have to give you partial credit, @dearborn. You *did* get them in (ex)change.
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That still counts, Dearborn. You win!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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yup! thanks  |
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Takes me back to my teenage years in the late 1960's
I was actively collecting, even then.
A neighbor found a British Shilling of George 111 dated 1816 (first year of new coinage) in circulation in Sydney.
The current Australian Shilling in circulation in the 1960's had the same physical specifications.
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03/13/2023 9:58 pm
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re: 1816
That would get me exited.
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Not very unless it's silver.
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It totally depends on what denomination it is - the rare silver find is obviously cool, and last November I got lucky with a 1954 Quarter in self-checkout supermarket change. And, since Wheat Cents are what got me started all of those years ago, I still enjoy getting them back, even if they're common date. That said, now that I've received a 155 year-old coin in self-checkout supermarket change (an 1867 Indian cent last October), everything else is kind of muted a little. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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03/18/2023 01:28 am
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when initially interested in coins, anything older than me caught my attention
then I got a guide book and learned newer cents were minted in huge quantities, and so were some older ones like 1919 and 1920, at which point the mint marked older ones became more interesting
after that stage, higher grade became more interesting
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Quote:That said, now that I've received a 155 year-old coin in self-checkout supermarket change (an 1867 Indian cent last October), everything else is kind of muted a little.  |
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Hi, Got this in change at a convenience store last weekend. That was a big WOW! for me.   |
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Got this in change at a convenience store last weekend. That was a big WOW! for me. Fantastic!  |
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I see 1950s nickels fairly often. I think, wow, good for you Mr. Jefferson! and drop them in the change jar. Imagine what they bought at the five & dime when they were new.
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It's funny, when I started collecting as a kid around 40 years ago, my cutoff for year was 1959, anything 1960 or newer was just change. And it still is. Other than silver value, it still needs to be 50s or older to be of any interest. It's also funny to contemplate that the music from back then (Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna) is as old now as Sinatra and Bing Crosby were back then  And yet my cutoff for "old coin" hasn't changed at all |
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