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Hydrant

That's a nice xf45 Hash Tag. Like to see the reverse too. I think I'm going to like this thread. Let's see what you guys have.

BearlyHere

My oldest

Catbert

For U.S. related coinage, my Fugio:

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@Catbert said:
For U.S. related coinage, my Fugio:

Wow! Wanna trade? I’ll even pay all postage. I’ve always wanted a Fugio. VERY nice. Thanks for playing😜

ms70

1794 half dime FR02. George Washington was president when it was made!

JBN

BillJones

From U.S. related coinage, an Oak Tree Shilling, dated "1652" but minted sometime between 1660 and 1667.

My oldest coin period is a Roman Republic quadrigatus minted between 225 and 215 BC.

bronzemat

Ionia, Miletos (600 B.C.)
AR 1/12 Stater
O: Lion forepart
R: Star pattern
.6g
9.5mm

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spacehayduke

Not a coin, but a token:

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@spacehayduke It counts and I like it! Just no pics of grandmothers lol

JRocco

US
1795/1795 half dollar


Italian Papal Medal
Mid 1400's

OldEastside

Steve

cecropiamoth

Relevant to U.S. numismatics, this one, PCGS AU58.

Jeff

johnny9434

I'm working on getting a fugio one day. My oldest is a Spanish thing 1775. I'll see if I can get a pic

Weiss

Dawn of coinage electrum "trite" of Alyattes of Lydia
610-546 BC
The first proto-coins are thought to be nuggets of raw electrum (natural alloy of gold and silver) found in the Pactolus river around the city of Sardis in what is now Turkey. Exchanged for goods and services, they began to be standardized into similar weights and fractions of those weights, then with identifying imagery; first with simple striations, then this apparent royal seal of a roaring lion with the sun above his head.
Pure gold and pure silver coinage would soon follow under Alyattes' son or grandson Croesus.

This piece is arguably the first coin: Under Alyattes, stamped with his seal, standardized weight. After the exchange of raw nuggets but prior to refining.

Mr_Spud

I think this is my oldest US one

divecchia

My Oldest.

Donato

planetsteve

Hydrant

Keep 'em coming. This IS good!

Smudge

Tie

morgansforever

Paid $50 bucks for it long ago, knew nothing about the series, basically bought on impulse. I'm confident it would straight grade. Fine15?? Very fine 20??

Tibor

Justinian, Regnal year 8 (534-535 A.D.) This is a Folis. Cyzicus mint (KYZ). Oficina B

Tibor

Alfonzo VIII. Issued to celebrate the expulsion of Muslims from the area.
Toledo mint. 1204, by the Caesarean calendar introduced by Caesar Augustus
38 B.C. Actually issued in 1166 A.D. This is an Obol. The date is on the left
image in Roman numerals MCCIIII.

Tibor

Oldest dated gold coin. City of Cologne, Riehl mint. Date on left image,
starting at 6:30, MCCCCXXXVI, 1436 A.D.

AuldFartte

Oldest coin for me is from Thrace, Chersonese AR Hemidrachm ca. 400-350 B.C.

skier07

1795 $5

BustDMs

My oldest new world pieces.

coinkat

France - 1642 A 1/2 Ecu

I suspect this maybe the oldest coin that I have picture of that can be shared...

LanceNewmanOCC

pretty certain it is this one

anyone know the height/width code that works here? i've tried for a while and i cannot. pretty certain i've seen it with this latest forum change. will happily make the image here smaller if/when i can.

DNADave

My oldest at 323 B.C.

My oldest USA

SaorAlba

Ionia, Miletos ca. 600 BC

Crackout

dpoole

Phillip II of Macedonia 359 BC

joeykoins

My Oldest Coin and My prettiest variety.

1864L RPD AG 03 BN

POP 1 and Lowest graded

pursuitofliberty

This is a NEWP for me which i haven't shown elsewhere, and ties for my oldest piece.

1807 O-112 50/20

edwardjulio

NLH

koynekwest

Not as old as many pictured here but still pretty old and the oldest I have-

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ

this thread is incredible

I've got some bc roman coinage stowed away somewhere in deep freeze, and am much more of an ultra-modern collector, so have @erwindoc to thank for this, currently my oldest us coin 🙏

Swampboy

Q. Antonius Balbus
AR Serrate Denarius
83-82 B.C.
Rome Mint
Obv. Laureate head of Jupiter, S.C behind; R below chin.
Rev. Victory in quadriga r., holding palm-branch and wreath
In exergue Q.ANTO.BALB / PR

deaccessioned from the Massachusetts Historical Society's John Q. Adams Collection in 1972

JohnnyCache

Oldest world, oldest gold, oldest U.S.
.

Bob13

Oldest US, oldest world, then an Ancient (130BC)...

1northcoin

@bronzemat said:

Ionia, Miletos (600 B.C.)
AR 1/12 Stater
O: Lion forepart
R: Star pattern
.6g
9.5mm

@Weiss said:
Dawn of coinage electrum "trite" of Alyattes of Lydia
610-546 BC
The first proto-coins are thought to be nuggets of raw electrum (natural alloy of gold and silver) found in the Pactolus river around the city of Sardis in what is now Turkey. Exchanged for goods and services, they began to be standardized into similar weights and fractions of those weights, then with identifying imagery; first with simple striations, then this apparent royal seal of a roaring lion with the sun above his head.
Pure gold and pure silver coinage would soon follow under Alyattes' son or grandson Croesus.

This piece is arguably the first coin: Under Alyattes, stamped with his seal, standardized weight. After the exchange of raw nuggets but prior to refining.

@SaorAlba said:

Ionia, Miletos ca. 600 BC

These coins hailing from Ionia and circa 600 BC are among the oldest possible coins and the Seattle dealer who sold me my gold coin from Ionia represented to me that it was the first gold coin. Thanks Weiss for the confirmation.

1630Boston

ShaunBC5

1828 Quarter I got at my first and only in-person coin auction as a teen.
Widows mite.

PhilLynott

Oldest US:

Oldest World (1226-1293 Italy Gross)

android01

ThreeCentSilverFL

This is my oldest (since the dark side door's been open): 325 - 323 BC Macedonian Kingdom Alexander III the Great, lifetime issue of Miletus. Silver Dracham. NGC MS.

Go Bucs.

messydesk

Oldest Federal

Oldest Colonial

Oldest Dated

I also have a handful of Widow's Mites, but no picture handy.

messydesk

@Bob13 said:
Oldest US, oldest world, then an Ancient (130BC)...
...

Gadzooks, man, that's gorgeous!