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Valued Member
Canada
241 Posts |
hi everyone  , I would like to know what is the oldest coin you've found in your pocket change or in roll? NO coin bought allowed here.... only old one who made is way to you for free. You can say multiple denomination if you like too and also had pictures if it's worth it. Thanks for sharing!  As I'm only 25 years old the date are not that old but here I go: 1 cent 1940 5 cents 1944 10 cents 1958 25 cents 1958 (recently found) I started collecting coins 2 years ago so I think they are great find. What is yours now? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
1 cent, 1930
25 cent, 1956
dont know the rest
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Pillar of the Community
United States
731 Posts |
I only know this info b/c I've kept these in my collection for years.
- 1889 Cent (7-11, I got a few other IHCs in the change that night.)
- 1939 Nickel (many times & places)
- 1961-D Dime (Shell)
- 1953-D Quarter (Publix)
- 1952-D Half (Duane Reede)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
576 Posts |
Not in my pocket in the last month but I keep my eyes on coins dropped in the wide, clear plexiglass donation bins found at Tim Horton's counters. Yesterday I saw a silver Jefferson five cents 1943. Two weeks ago a George V cent, obverse only showing. And a George V nickel, 1932. |
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United Kingdom
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I was given an 1882 Swiss 10 Centimes in my change when I was there in the 1990s. Incredibly the same design for this coin has been used there from 1879 to date and the older ones still occasionally turn up.
Just beats the 1889 cent above - cant imagine many older being given in change.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
560 Posts |
1 cent: 1888, 1945 5 cents: 1938, 1952 10 cents: 1946, 1940 25 cents: 1954, 1964 50 cents: 1964 $1 1972 Everything but the dollar was found in the past couple years. I got the Ike when I was a kid in the 70s. Edit: The first date are US coins, the second are Canadian. Most of the latter were from back in the 80s when I lived closer to the border.  Edited by patrick
02/27/2010 01:55 am
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 Australia
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I lived in Canada for six months when I was 10 years old, back in 1983. I was a coin collector back then and actively hunted through the family change looking for dates, particularly 1 cents and 5 cents, but unfortunately my record-keeping was patchy. I know roughly which coins date from 1983, but I can't say with absolute certainty whether or not I got them in change. I don't remember buying any early Canadian coins from dealers or other sources while I was there, but I can't rule it out - I might also have been given some old coins by friends.
Anyway, here are my oldest from that acquisition time period:
1 cent: 1920, 1929
5 cents: 1928, 1929
10 cents: 1959
25 cents: 1967
Living here in Australia, we withdrew all our old pre-1966 coinage when we went decimal. Some of the old predecimal coins are the same size as their decimal equivalents, but they stand out like the proverbial sore thumb and rarely last long in circulation before somebody spots them. I've only ever found one such coin in change, a sixpence dated 1959.
I do remember being amazed that you could find such old coins, from the 1920s and 1930s, in change in Canada.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Poland
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1990. Oh the advantages of living in Poland..  |
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United States
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A one cent Canadian not sure of the date other then it was in the late '20's and a 1889 IHC. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1418 Posts |
I actually got a 21 s morgan in ms condition in change last year.
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Valued Member
United States
469 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
I had gotten a 1929 Canadian nickel. It was so cool!
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Valued Member
Canada
386 Posts |
My best finds are as follows:
My best Canadian finds are:
- pennies: 1920 small cent (roll), 1920 large cent (metal detecting)
- nickels: 1922 (roll)
- dimes: 1910 (in a penny roll)
- quarter: 1943 (roll), 1965 (tip tray in Chinese restaurant)
My best US finds are:
- pennies: 1895 IH (roll) and 1909VDB (roll)
- nickels: 1912 V (roll)
- dimes: 1943 (roll)
Edited by 1945V
03/12/2010 7:08 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
139 Posts |
Oldest Finds
Canada
From Change
Penny: 1937
Nickel: 1951
Dime: 1953
Quarter: 1968
From Roll Hunting
Penny: 1940
Nickel: 1940
Dime: 1967
Quarter: 1967
USA
From Canadian Roll Hunting
Penny: 1942
Nickel: 1939D
Dime: 1965
Quarter: 1967
just started roll hunting so things will change, my dad found a 1900 USA half roll hunting while in the 60s
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Valued Member
 Canada
241 Posts |
didn't find any George V in circulation yet.... can't wait to find my first.
Some finds are incredible... wow keep it up guys!
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