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United States
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1 Cent: 1882 IHC5 Cent: 1915 Buffalo 10 Cent: 1962-D Roosie (toned) 25 Cent: 1935 GWQ 50 Cent: 1947 Rarest Find: 1883 IHC (Full Liberty and necklace) |
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Canada
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My oldest circulation find is a 1913 American wheatie. I've also found American pennies in all the years 1914 - 1920, and all looking as though they've been circulating for the entire 90+ years! My oldest Canadian find is a 1939 one cent. No KGV to date, but lots from the '40's in both nickels and pennies.
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Canada
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My oldest American find was a 1909 Wheat cent. Actually I found 2 in the same year(but not from the same store).My oldest Canadian find was a 1928 nickel(from another variety store) All within the last 4 years. Edited by collectall
03/18/2013 01:19 am
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Canada
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In pocket change: 1920S US Wheatie cent (here in Canada!)
From roll hunting: 1938 Canadian Nickel
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1659 Posts |
The oldest is a very circulated 1907 IHC many years ago, but today in my change from Dunkin's - a 1935 Washington quarter! It's no higher than a VF 20, but still silver in your change is always a good thing! |
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 Canada
241 Posts |
Wow I have been away for quite a time and really happy to comeback in coin community ! You guys have found some nice coin and I'm happy this toppic still on top :), recently we had water in the basement I had to open the walls to let dry and found 3 quarters 1937 and 2 1952 they have beutiful tonning ill try post picture of them .
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Rest in Peace
Canada
1360 Posts |
1896 silver american dime. Not quite in my change, but I was diving beside a dock at Rockport, Ontario, and found it in 2 feet of water when I was returning to the surface.
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United States
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A 1780 Hungarian Taler (Dollar) found while searching a bag of 1000 Ikes yesterday. Second oldest is an 1880 Morgan dollar found in the same bag. |
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There`s been so much in the last couple of years. 1cent 1932 and before that 1937. 5cent 1941 and before that 1938. 10cent 1949 and before that 1956. 25cent 1964 and 1966. USA coins 1cent 1910. 5cent 1939 and before that 1938. 10cent dont really remember but around the 60`s.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
430 Posts |
Mine is a 1909VDB US penny. Got back in change from Starbucks in Vancouver. Seldom use cash, but was fortunate when I did.
Oldest Canadian coin, 1916 10 cent coin found on the ground, not in great condition. But still a keeper.
Edited by Coinsplus
03/24/2013 12:12 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Just discovered this thread! When I was a small boy in England in the late 1960s, Victorian bronze 'bun' pennies (issued 1860 - 1894) still turned up occasionally in change, usually very worn. One day I got in my pocket money an 1874 penny that was in almost Fine. That was the coin that started me collecting! I can remember getting an 1888 penny in change during the Easter holidays in 1968. My Mother once got a very worn George III 1806 halfpenny in change as a penny. That would have been around the time I started collecting, and I was very excited when she gave it to me!  By the time I started collecting coins, it was rare to find any silver before 1920, the year when the UK reduced the silver content from 92.5% to 50%. My oldest silver change find was a 1912 shilling. Shillings from 1816 onwards remained legal tender until 1990 as the equivalenr of 5p. There are now no pre-1971 coins in circulation in the UK.  I had an 1897 20 rappen coin in change in Switzerland in June 1981.  The oldest US coin I have ever had in change was a VF 1942D Wheat cent, which I got in change at a diner in Oklahoma in the year 2000 when driving Historic Route 66! My oldest (and only) US silver coin in change was a 1960 Roosevelt dime, received in change at Macy's in New York when I was on a Christmas shopping trip in 2004!  Edited by NumisRob
07/11/2013 7:26 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
258 Posts |
My oldest find in circulation was an 1864 New-Brunswick 5 cent small 6 in surprisingly good condition for it's age and the fact that it was in the cash register at dairy queen all the way in Alberta. The best explanation is that it was taken from a collection and spent.
The oldest coin I found was a 1772 Machin's mill penny but with a metal detector.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2805 Posts |
My dad, growing up in the 70s, had a keen interest in roll hunting.
He saved three rolls of lightly circulated (no MS in the lot, if I remember correctly) 1973 Mountie quarters and picked out all the silver he could find. So I dug out a forgotten pillbox of his change (all of it good enough to keep), and there was a 1903-H dime in AG! Apparently it was caught in the wild - pretty cool. Unfortunately, my oldest circulation find is just a 1939 wheat found in a penny bin in a science lab. If I hadn't rescued it, it probably would have become one of those really weird coins that people always post in the Errors forum (this one's melted!! etc.).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Route 66 one of my favorite pilgrimages. I like Route 66 in Arizona best. I have traced it from California north of LA to St Louis twice. Lots of NOTHING. As my father in law who lived out there said "they have miles and miles of miles and miles."
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Canada
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From what I can remember: 1 cent 1938 5 cents 1935 10 cents 1940 25 cents: It was a George V but the date was worn off. Also a 1910 Wheat penny but that's not from Canada. |
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