Post your oldest coin

markelman1125

My oldest U.s. coin and my oldest in general coin

divecchia

At the moment this is my oldest coin.

I am anxiously waiting for this one and then it will be my oldest.

Donato

bearcave

A wore out 1837! A cleaned one at that! (I got it cheap.) 😜

PerryHall

@bearcave said:

A wore out 1837! A cleaned one at that! (I got it cheap.) 😜

Looks like an 1843.

ThreeCentSilverFL

Some cool old coins posted so far. Here are two of my oldest.

calgolddiver

221 years young !!!

MWallace

JMS1223

Julius Caesar Lifetime Portrait Denarius

lkenefic

matt_dac

asheland

@divecchia said:
At the moment this is my oldest coin.

I am anxiously waiting for this one and then it will be my oldest.

Donato

Wow! 😦

asheland

This is one of my oldest:

TurtleCat

This is the oldest coin (I have much, much older) that I have a picture of readily...

CrimsonScott

Got this Betty from Ebay at a really good price! She's my Oldest Graded Slab!

BillyKingsley

My oldest US coin is also the first I bought when I was truly a coin collector...1832 half dime. It's slightly bent but I don't care, I love it for the road it led me down. It's one of only two half dimes in my collection, the other being an 1835 that is my second oldest US coin, and it's undamaged but lower grade.

My oldest overall is a 4th century BC coin that I have been told is from Meliboia. It's rough...I got it from this forum as an unknown ancient. It's my only coin from any year BC.

Grand total spent on both coins shown here? $8.

JMS1223

@MWallace said:

I feel like buying one of these but I know often times when I go to coin shows they always charge WAY more for these ancients than what they are actually worth, or if they are ungraded they don’t always disclose the problems/issues that are not as obvious. Another big problem is finding an Owl I like. Just did a quick search on eBay and a lot of them I don’t like the strike, or the shape. I happen to really like yours however, nice strike and surface. Very hard to find a nice example.

MWallace

@JMS1223 said:

@MWallace said:

I feel like buying one of these but I know often times when I go to coin shows they always charge WAY more for these ancients than what they are actually worth, or if they are ungraded they don’t always disclose the problems/issues that are not as obvious. Another big problem is finding an Owl I like. Just did a quick search on eBay and a lot of them I don’t like the strike, or the shape. I happen to really like yours however, nice strike and surface. Very hard to find a nice example.

I know EXACTLY what you're saying. I had the same problems finding just the right one for me. Eventually I did.

bearcave

@PerryHall said:

@bearcave said:

A wore out 1837! A cleaned one at that! (I got it cheap.) 😜

Looks like an 1843.

It is. I got it mixed up.

SmEagle1795

As old as it gets, an example of the first coin: a striated electrum trite from ancient Ionia in ~660 BC:

JJM

WAYNEAS

Wayne

Crackout

Oldest U.S.

Oldest foreign

android01

edwardjulio

NLH

bearcave

@PerryHall said:

@bearcave said:

A wore out 1837! A cleaned one at that! (I got it cheap.) 😜

Looks like an 1843.

It is. I got it mixed up. Here is the 1837.

Mrweaseluv

Oldest... Hmmm got some old small and smooth roman slugs but nothing IDable or worth posting so.... probably this one...
Please note if the ID is wrong, I bought it because I liked it and was labeled this way
Tanjore, Maratha Early Fanam 600-750 AD

AlanLastufka

Currently this is my oldest coin. 1788 and graded MS 63!

It's part of my Symphony Set (music themed coins) and you can see the full set here: https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/themed-coins/symphony-set-lastufka-collection/imagegallery/9086

Legacy

Here is my oldest coin. It belonged to my great grandfather.

Meltdown

Not my oldest, but close... this is the only photo I have available at the moment, plus it's just neat.
.

crazyhounddog

Tied for highest graded for this particular date.

JMS1223

@edwardjulio said:
My two oldest:

Those are absolutely beautiful. I wish I could find coins this nice. Even if I did they would be way beyond my budget but I would enjoy just seeing them in person at a coin show. I very rarely see ancient coins this nice.

Smudge

expat

1763 Saxony Thaler

PhilLynott

1226-1293

Eventually want to find a nice ancient to crush the age of this one but it's still pretty old!

Downtown1974

I was surprised to see that I didn’t have anything older than this.

MJD

Domitian, circa 90 AD.

Weiss

@SmEagle1795 said:
As old as it gets, an example of the first coin: a striated electrum trite from ancient Ionia in ~660 BC:

Is it, though?

Was it issued by an individual or individuals invested with the authority to coin money?

Is it fungible? Fractional?

Webster says that a coin is: a usually flat piece of metal issued by governmental authority as money

In all seriousness, @SmEagle1795 has one of the most exceptional collections from the Dawn of Coinage, and whose duplicates and extras run circles 'round mine.

But I maintain the Lydian Trite is the first coin, while the above example is a "proto-coin". Maybe even more fascinating, somewhere closer to exchangeable bullion than a coin.

This, and perhaps its slightly older brothers, are the first true coins in my opinion:

koynekwest

Well, I sure can't compete with those ancients but here's the oldest I have with an image. It's a massive thing-a 2 pence "cartwheel." I have a few from the 17th century but no images thereof.

BryceM

This one, I suppose:

Zoins

1787 Fugio Cent - PCGS PO01 - Ex-Brent Pogue

JonBrand83

1northcoin

Third time is the charm?

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1051497/picture-of-your-oldest-coin/p1

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1051497/picture-of-your-oldest-coin/p1

Well this from my posting on the first of the two linked "your oldest coin" threads: