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Well, I got my oldest find in circulation last night. I went with my girlfriend and her mom to a baseball game and we rode in her car. Of course I went directly to the change compartment and I found a 1918 (I think) Wheat cent. Also found a 1945. So far this is my oldest find, beats my last cent by 17 years.    Edited by keepcalmandcoinon
05/20/2014 12:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What a beauty... she's old and worn but heck a find is a find  I can't tell 191 8 but if that is what it looks like in hand I'll go with it  I've found several 1919's and my oldest CRH find is a 1913, I had to buy my 1909vdb, but it's not the same as FINDing it   |
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Thank you. In hand it's hard to tell what it is too. I was thinking it could be 1916 or 1914 but after comparing it to others 1918 looks to be the closest.
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Nice find! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice, I always get excited to find a pre-1940 wheat. I've actually found a 1909 plain and my oldest find in general was an 1897 V nickel :D |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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My first thought was 1916, but I can't really tell...
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United States
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If it's a 1918 there will be a little VDB under Lincoln's shoulder, otherwise more investigation will be needed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone. I'll do some more comparisons and look for that VDB
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Canada
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I thought it was 14 ....when I looked and that was before I read your post saying 18.. Pennies go back probably farthest...In Canada for me I found 40's and 50's, and my oldest circ find I guess was 21 ....had to get lots of 1c to look through first though...  Edited by persistnt
05/21/2014 12:28 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok so I'm not seeing the VDB anywhere on it. I'm stumped.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here is another photo. It looks like 1910 in this picture. Also you can see no VDB in this picture.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK yeah I'm seeing 1910!... the middle of the '0' zero is not indented to make it an '8' one year away from the oldest Lincoln!  BUT the 1910 I have shows a more rounded '0' ..... well I'm sure we can all agree it is NOT a 1982!  |
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United States
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That's what I was just checking too...  It still doesn't match up. I'm calling this a date with a numerical digit no human has ever seen before on this world. Somehow it was dropped through the cracks of the space time continuum from a parallel universe where only this date exists. And now it is for sale for a measly million bucks. I answer emails on a first come first serve basis. Not everyone at once now. |
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I'll give a million point two..... after George Clooney digs it up |
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Posted 05/20/2014 2:22 pm
