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Valued Member
United States
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I was with a friend of mine the other day, we bought a couple of drinks at a convenience store. When he received his change there was a "funny" coin in it. When he looked it over it was an 1876 Seated Liberty quarter in at least F condition!! While I was congratulating his luck (he also collects) I was wondering if it would strain our friendship a little if I were to kick him in the shin, grab the coin and run off into the darkness...then it occurred to me that we rode there together in HIS car. Maybe I shouldn't kick him just now...  All kidding aside-this is the oldest coin I have ever seen come through circulation. All I can think of is somebody's dad is going to be really angry that his coin(s) are missing from his collection  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Holy!! You better make sure it's genuine! Probably even worthwhile putting that in a magazine that coins over 100 years old still do circulate but who knows - probably a few cheap collectors will claim that it's theirs.
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Valued Member
United States
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Woe--- Think I would have bounced like Tigger back in that store and asked to see all his quarters. Some kid may have been on a candy run and grabbed some of Dad's/Mom's coins to make the purchase.
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Valued Member
United States
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Did you check to see if there were any more?
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Valued Member
United States
406 Posts |
I would have paid the cashier $5 to look at the rest of his till. It would have been better chances than a scratch off!
BD
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Pillar of the Community
United States
851 Posts |
I have a friend that came to show me an 1876 Seated Liberty quarter from an upstate New York diner. It shows that really old coins can be found in circulation. My oldest was a 1917 plain mm buffalo!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, that is an incredible find. The only coin older that I've personally heard of from a member here is that they found a large cent in a coinstar reject machine. Thats an incredible find.
My oldest find from circulation is a 1910 wheatie. My rarest would be a 1911 liberty head nickel.
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03/26/2009 4:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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oldest was a 1909P lincon cent, my rarest is probably 1948-D half dollar, but that is without knowing foreign coin mintages
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 United States
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Incredible find!  I think your friendship is probably worth more than the quarter though.  My oldest find (actually from a coin roll) is a 1911 Barber dime and it is in my 7070.  Edited by jbuck
03/26/2009 6:11 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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Wow! Quite a few responses! I mostly posted to tell the story of a nice find...nice to hear of so many other finds!
PS---yes we went back to see if there were more...just an isolated coin.
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03/27/2009 07:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Woe--- Think I would have bounced like Tigger back in that store and asked to see all his quarters. Some kid may have been on a candy run and grabbed some of Dad's/Mom's coins to make the purchase Exactly what I was thinking. Actually if you read the papers or listen to the news you would notice a massive increase in home robberies lately. Many of those are coins. Criminals just spend them. I too would have run back and asked if I could buy all their change. Might have been a store where some criminal dumped an entire collection. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found an 1892 Indian in a cent roll, a 1901 Liberty in a nickel roll, and a 1902-O Barber half in a bank roll. Those are my oldest. I would probably faint if I ever found a Seated Liberty! By the way, anyone hear about the 1856 Quarter Eagle found in a bank roll of dimes in Vermont? It was reported in the 3/23/09 issue of Coin World. THAT is a find! Edited by copper nickel daddy
03/29/2009 10:45 am
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New Member
United States
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Old finds are
Cents 1904
Nickels dateless buffalo I think 1929
Dimes 1952 just started
Quarters dont search
Halves 1967
dollars 1971
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United States
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I was wondering if it would strain our friendship a little if I were to kick him in the shin, grab the coin and run off into the darkness...then it occurred to me that we rode there together in HIS car. If you kicked him you could have gotten to coin AND his car! Two for one! |
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