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United States
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A few days ago, I got a 1902 Indian head cent(in really nice condition) and a few wheat's in change from my local store. What is the oldest date coin you received in change in the last six months? Moved by Forum Mom from Classic US coins forum to Main Coin Forum. |
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United States
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Hey regular guy , The most recent "old change" I found was a 1943 D Mercury dime .. I have some photos of it ill have to edit them to fit here and slap a photo on .. still has some detail but nothing "fantastic" lol , was a good find tho .. thanks CVS haha.! |
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United States
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A 1900 V nickel worn to hell. :-) I'll post pics later if I remember. Edited by SteveCaruso
03/17/2012 8:54 pm
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Australia
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Before the Australian changeover to decimal currency in 1966, we had pounds shillings and pence.
A friend of mine received an 1819 British silver shilling in change. At the time, the shilling had not been officially withdrawn from British circulation.
Australian coins of 1966 of all denominations still regularly circulate, except the .800 fine silver 50 cents.
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03/17/2012 9:29 pm
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Australian coins of 1966 of all denominations still regularly circulate, except the .800 fine silver 50 cents.
Yes it is a real shame that we have absolutely no chance of finding any silver coins in our change, Even tho the florin,shilling and the sixpence are the same size as their 20,10 and 5 cent replacements.  |
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United States
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I just got a 1946 nickel in change yesterday. A cashier friend of mine found a 1929 Merc a couple months ago.
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03/17/2012 10:31 pm
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WoooHooo , Just made a post , I just found a 1876 Seated dime in a dime roll I bought from my local cvs here .. Pretty excited with that one .! First Seated dime in my collection .. (ashame she has a dang hole) but still pretty cool :) \m/ phil \m/ |
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Canada
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When I was young, back in the 60s, I would get the odd Queen Victoria dime or Quarter. I could never tell what year they were as the date was always worn off. All I know for sure is that they had to be 1901 or older.
As far as the last 6 months, I did get a 1938 penny that was in decent shape.
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03/19/2012 12:30 am
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United States
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lady at the supermarket gave me back a 1936 buffalo one time
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United States
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A 1929 cent is the oldest I've found
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I was gonna say some type of liberty head cent, can't remember what the year was though.
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United States
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A 1914 Lincoln Cent in cruddy condition. My heart was skipping a beat to think it might be a Denver minted coin. Turned the 16x glass on it to make sure and it wasn't. Close but no cigar! |
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I am not sure if this it the oldest from change, but the most recent (last few years) is a 1944 quarter. I knew it was silver as soon as I got it, but I did not look at the date until I got home. I was sure it would be an early 1960's quarter at best. I was happy to see it was much older.  |
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United States
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A 1910 cent, about 5 years ago.
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Israel
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The oldest year, 1980. lol, but for real.
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