show me the oldest coin in your collection

mikee999

Mr_Spud

If you mean US coins, I think one of these is my oldest, depending on how you define US coins.

If you mean oldest worldwide, I think this is my oldest slabbed one, but I have some raw ones even older that I don’t have pictures of. It’s a Scottish Groat from 1371-90

OKbustchaser

overall

US

LJenkins11

keyman64

I have owned a 1787 Mass Cent but below is my current oldest.

VF25

PeakRarities

Yorkshireman

Here is mine:

LeeBone

Jzyskowski1

Well there’s some in here that are 2000 years old and some from there onward for the next 1400 years.

SaorAlba

Ionia Miletos ca. 600 BC

asheland

My oldest US coin.

ironmanl63

Zach98

pursuitofliberty

OnlyGoldIsMoney

I guess it is a coin.

ctf_error_coins

lkenefic

All of these circulated around the same time... at the beginnings of our Nation...

Cladiator

Somewhere between 1,716 and 1,686 years old.

jfriedm56

For a United States issue, this would be my oldest as of now:

USMC_6115

Not US, but.............GOLD

Walkerfan

Tramp

Manifest_Destiny

Vasanti

Edward the Confessor (1059-62) or this other old thing if you want US.

DNADave

US

Overall

Floridafacelifter

Walkerguy21D

Oldest US, tie:

Oldest colonial:

Oldest meso American:

Cocoinut

MidLifeCrisis

1630Boston

pruebas

Mexico 2 Real circa 1540.

Zoins

If you mean US Federal coins, it would be this one, the earliest US Federal coin

If you mean any coin, it might be this one from 1558.

tcollects

@jfriedm56 said:
For a United States issue, this would be my oldest as of now:

what a cool coin, nice

jfriedm56

@tcollects -thanks. I bought this coin off a floor mate when I was in college, many moons ago. And at the time, not knowing if it was real or fake!

Tibor

U.S. entry

Dark side entry

BStrauss3

SmEagle1795

While remaining a topic of debate by some, this type (a Lydian trite) is commonly considered to be the first official coin, meeting all of the requirements laid out in the accepted definition: it is the first coin to have certified markings which signify a specific exchange value and be issued by a governmental authority for use as money. Earlier coins like the striated and geometric types failed to clearly meet the final criteria, whereas the lion was consistently associated with Lydia.

Kings of Lydia. Alyattes, circa 620/610-560 - Third of siglos or Trite, Sardes before 561, EL 4.69 g. Head of lion l. with open jaws; in l. field, falfel in archaic characters. Rev. Bipartite rectangular incuse punch. Artemision, White Gold, 77. SNG von Aulock –. SNG Kayhan –

Zoins

@SmEagle1795 said:
While remaining a topic of debate by some, this type (a Lydian trite) is commonly considered to be the first official coin, meeting all of the requirements laid out in the accepted definition: it is the first coin to have certified markings which signify a specific exchange value and be issued by a governmental authority for use as money. Earlier coins like the striated and geometric types failed to clearly meet the final criteria, whereas the lion was consistently associated with Lydia.

Kings of Lydia. Alyattes, circa 620/610-560 - Third of siglos or Trite, Sardes before 561, EL 4.69 g. Head of lion l. with open jaws; in l. field, falfel in archaic characters. Rev. Bipartite rectangular incuse punch. Artemision, White Gold, 77. SNG von Aulock –. SNG Kayhan –

Amazing coin! I never get tired of looking at it!

What are the contenders for the very first coin? Are they also from Lydia or are they from other places?

ChangeInHistory

U.S.

Overall

Zoins

@Tibor said:

U.S. entry

Love that it's a "King" coin

crazyhounddog

Last time I checked this AU-55 is the highest graded coin for the date.

Bob13

Oldest:

Oldest with a date:
Salzburg Batzen (quarter sized, 1511)

Oldest that could have circulated in America - my icon coin - 1576 Lion Daalder

Oldest state

Oldest federal

jkrk

Myb first pre-33 I bought (thus oldest in my collection) Purchased 1/2009. First non modern gold purchase. Haven't visited the coin since the pandemic.

Oldest dated coin that I own (haven't dated since) ... Purchased before my age of enlightenment.. (one of 6 non gold coins that I own).

spyglassdesign

alefzero

Probably this one.

alefzero

@jkrk said:
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Oldest dated coin that I own (haven't dated since) ... Purchased before my age of enlightenment.. (one of 6 non gold coins that I own).

Nice BB-115! That was (in auction) at Central States 14 years ago. Never saw a mint state one of those. In the census I maintain, it is in the condition census, tied at #9 with an NGC AU50 that sold at Long Beach in 2016. (I settled for a PCGS VF25 CAC for my own set.)

Bolo

My oldest would be a sestertius of this joker:

jedm

BillJones

Here is the oldest one. Athens tetradrachm circa 440 to 404 BC

If it needs to be an American coin, it would be an Oak Tree shilling from the 1660s.

jacrispies

Oldest US:

Oldest Overall (with date):

Herb_T