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whats the oldest coin you've found in circulation in the last 5 years?

GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
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Mine is a 1919 S Lincoln Cent in VG. 87 years old
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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    1814 capped bust half
  • constructconstruct Posts: 932
    1934-D cent.
    The strangest things seem suddenly routine.
  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1814 capped bust half >>

    in circulation? where in the world did you find that?
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    This was found in circulation last year.

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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    i found it in a bunch of halves i got from the bank that came in unrolled and just in a bag

    it was like a fine+

    sold it the next day for 65 dollars
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    A 1920 Lincoln cent.

    Yes, where did you find a Capped Bust Half in circulation?
    Tom
    Tom

  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    1915-D Buffalo nickel
    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭
    1940 something cent.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    1906 cent
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    My son found an 189x indian in my pocket change one night. I swear I have on idea how it got there. image Does that count?
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I dropped an 1890's IHC in a roll of pennies and deposited the roll at the bank (with other rolls) yesterday. Someone will get a nice surprise. image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • OldnewbieOldnewbie Posts: 1,425 ✭✭
    1950 dime.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    This is not old but I did get a 1981-D dollar in circulation last week. I thought that was cool.
  • BurksBurks Posts: 1,103 ✭
    1920 Cent.
    WTB: Eric Plunk cards, jersey (signed or unsigned), and autographs. Basically anything related to him

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    Negative BST: NONE!
  • drdjadrdja Posts: 82 ✭✭
    1965 quarter
  • anoldgoatanoldgoat Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭
    I collected in the early 60s and stopped in 1972, (thats when I met the girl I would marry). I started up again in 2000 and have very much enjoyed the hobby since.
    Since then I look at all my change. This find is nothing special but it does display the collectability of this series. This has happened to me several times: I'm checking my change, looks like a 59 at first, no, a 39. Clean, odley without the 80s to 00s dings and the "slot machine face". Since 1980 I've found some nice 1939s, even an ms63-s in change up in Klamoth Falls.

    Nothing special except "1939".
    Alright! Who removed the cork from my lunch?

    W.C. Fields
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1912 S cent AG-4ish, about three years ago.
    a 1944 wheatie just this evening. (it's all green on the back though) Yuck.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • bluespaceantbluespaceant Posts: 584
    1910 wheat penny.
  • WoodwindWoodwind Posts: 486 ✭
    1938 Nickel.
    Lurking proudly on internet forums since 2001
  • SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    Found a V nickel in change about 4 years ago. I think it was a 1912.
    image
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  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    1887 Indian Head Cent at a mall near my home.
    Coin Rarities Online
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Just found an 1918 Lincoln (VG) in the penny bowl at the cafeteria last Friday.

    Gonna be tough to top michael's bust half find!

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • USCGCraigUSCGCraig Posts: 1,008 ✭✭
    I just pulled out a 1956 wheatie from a Starbucks tip jar.
    Coast Guard Craig

    Looking for Denmark 1874 20-Kroner. Please offer.
  • PlanchetPlanchet Posts: 294
    Never have found although I always look.

    Planchet
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    1936 Swiss Coin. They still have the same design, so the old ones don't stand out (like our Jeffersons).
    Give Blood (Red Bags) & Platelets (Yellow Bags)!
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    A 1917-D Lincoln, about F-12.
  • oldhougieoldhougie Posts: 43
    During the summer I was talking to my neighbor out in the street and looked down and picked up a penny. 1921 in VG
    DENNIS HOUGARD
  • sTONERsTONER Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭
    i received a 1905 liberty nickel from dunkin donuts in my change about 2 years ago
    toner loner
  • SmallSizedGuySmallSizedGuy Posts: 503 ✭✭✭
    1920ish Lincoln cent. The coin is so worn I cannot make out the last digit.
    Jim Hodgson



    Collector of US Small Size currency, Atlanta FRNs, and Georgia nationals since 1977. Researcher of small size US type - seeking serial number data for all FRN star notes, Series 1928 to 1934-D. Life member SPMC.



  • 13PacesEast13PacesEast Posts: 712 ✭
    1831 dime from a convenience store.

    thank you come agian.

    know what you don't know.

    hi, i'm tom.

    i do not doctor coins like some who post in here.

  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,002 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1947D Lincoln penny from McDonalds
    Many happy BST transactions
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    A couple Buffalo nickels is about it for me, one was dateless and the other from the late 30s. Don't see older coins like I used to. However, the entire span of Jeffs are still out there. I get a silver war nickel about every 18-24 months on average. That is the series I would recommend for the youngest YNs, after or instead of the state quarters.
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  • DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    1927 Buffalo in VF.
    Retired United States Mint guy, now working on an Everyman Type Set.
  • PentimentoPentimento Posts: 1,367
    Found a 1916 merc yesterday at the bank. Long story that is going to get a photo thread tonight when I have time.
  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭
    1895 cent.
  • lkrarecoinslkrarecoins Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭
    1910 Wheatie + 1937 Buff nickel......and a couple of errors as well
    In Loving Memory of my Dad......My best friend, My inspiration, and My Coin Collecting Partner

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  • MJPHELANMJPHELAN Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
    1905 Nickel in our office vending machine.
    Mark
  • MercMerc Posts: 1,647 ✭✭
    I have not found a coin older that 1965 in many years. It seems that even the pre 1982 cents are disappearing.
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,683 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A 1934 cent in VG10.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    The oldest one I have found since I started looking (so a few months I guess) is a 1936 wheatie.

    -Amanda
    image

    I'm a YN working on a type set!

    My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!

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  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1913 Lincoln cent in Good.

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • BobGreeneBobGreene Posts: 952 ✭
    I got a 1906 Barber dime in my change at Albertson's a couple years ago.
    Bob
  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    1897 V Nickel

    -Daniel
    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    -Aristotle

    Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

    -Horace
  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,562 ✭✭✭✭✭
    About 10 years ago my wife got a 1934 Merc Dime from a convenience store. More recently, I got a 1962 Lincoln Cent in change...in quite respectable condition I might add.

    Leo
    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • zippyzippy Posts: 399
    a 2001 Lincoln cent, I'm sending to PCGS I think it might get a MS 70 grade
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,160 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1918 cent
    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

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    ~Wayne
  • fastrudyfastrudy Posts: 2,096 ✭
    an 1876 IHC about ten years ago from Dairy Barn.
    Successful transactions with: DCarr, Meltdown, Notwilight, Loki, MMR, Musky1011, cohodk, claychaser, cheezhed, guitarwes, Hayden, USMoneyLover

    Proud recipient of two "You Suck" awards
  • kevinstangkevinstang Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭
    Found these while searching some rolls from local bank back in August, the 1883 was very pleasant surprise- had found the two 1909 's first. A weak later or so I found another Indian head in a roll-not as nice a shape or as old however.

    image
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    1941 mercury dime
    1942, 1943 war nickels, several of each
    1910 Liberty nickel
    1947 quarter
    1958 half (nearly Unc!)
    1910 wheatie and 1920 too.
  • AJ2525AJ2525 Posts: 477
    In the last 5 years for me,

    1899 IHC [On Monday night McDonald's gave me a 1950-D in change.]

    I've already mentioned the 1912-D V nickel my mom found and gave to me.

    In dimes I've found a 1954-D thanks to Coinstar

    Quarters--much worse a 1962

    Halves - A 1961 that looks like it might have once been a proof and is now impaired

    Dollars - Some 1964 Peace dollar that I spent before knowing what I had....


    Actually for dollars just a 1972 Ike
    Some call it an accumulation not a collection

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