New Kind of Picture Post - Fun Twist !

Cladiator

Here's a new idea for a picture post. At least I think it's new, can't remember ever seeing one like this before. Let's see if it works.

Post a photo of coin that was minted in the year that your ancestors first arrived in America.

Here's mine; 1638 - The very first Cladiator arrived in New England from Old England.




ps. I don't own the coin, nabbed the pics off eBay.

JRocco

Wow-this one sure will be different. Not sure on my dad's side, but I believe that my mom's family arrived by boat from Italy in 1932

gtstang

Well mine were already here.

ibzman350

My mother, sister and I arrived in 1961

this is the only pic I have of a 1961 coin...








Herb

TomB

I don't own this coin, the images were simply taken from Heritage. This is the earliest date we have a documented arrival in North America.

Cladiator

Come on now people. 99.9% of you are in the U.S. so let's see some coinage

Barndog

LanLord

Wow, I could almost use your coin, my ancestor Capt. John Avery came to what would become Delaware in 1637. I'm too lazy to find that date on a coin so I;m gonna pretend it was actually 1638.

Thanks to cladiator for digging up a 1637 for me.

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Cladiator

There's no way I'm going to believe that a mere 6 out of the hundreds of people on this forum know when their families arrived in America.

Gggrrrr....

TomB

It's a dud thread; none of us hates each other and no one is hurling invectives.

Cladiator

<< <i>It's a dud thread; none of us hates each other and no one is hurling invectives. >>

You're right. Here let me try to inject some life into it with these instant 100 post flash words.


Wannabe's
In God We Trust
Laura Sperber
AT/NT
Gold Buffalo
Reverse Proof 70
ANACS

Barry

If I'm like many others, that's why there aren't many posts. I don't know when they arrived. I can guess within 10-20 years, but that's about it.

JRocco

<< <i>It's a dud thread; none of us hates each other and no one is hurling invectives. >>



HaHa--Tom makes a good point Clad---most that posted here are coin collectors who applaud when one of us scores a nice coin for our collections --- there just isn't enough hatred......



yet

ziggy29

<< <i>There's no way I'm going to believe that a mere 6 out of the hundreds of people on this forum know when their families arrived in America. >>

I'm 1/4 American Indian. I don't know when they arrived, but probably before coins.

As for non-native ancestors, I know two of them (Stephen Hopkins and Francis Cooke) came over on the Mayflower. I don't have any images of a coin dated 1620.

Cladiator

Here ya go Ziggster...

ziggy29

Thanks. My wife's family -- on her mother's side -- first came over in 1620 as well; in fact, she and I are 12th cousins sharing Francis Cooke as a common ancestor. Here's when her dad's side of the family came over from Germany, arriving in Philadelphia:

Fairlaneman

Oregon is America and dad came out here from some place called New York in 1941.



Ken

Leiana

I know it was sometime after the Civil War and before 1888, when my Great-Grandfather was born.

I should call and ask my Grandma.

-Amanda

Omega

This is the great! My scanner is down!


I actually began my very first collection (excluding those handed down to me) by collecting a coin from my ancestor's country of emmigration dated the year they left and a silver dollar or half dollar from their year of immigration to the U.S. I finally picked up an 1836 Bust Half to finish this collection off about a month ago.
Great thread!!!

SDSportsFan

Unfortunately, I have absolutely no idea when my ancestors arrived in the United States. I have no one to ask, as my parents and all grandparents are deceased


Steve

lordmarcovan

I don't have anything from 1620 handy, but what about a coin struck 300 years later to commemorate the event, and which shows a picture of my ancestor, William Bradford, on the obverse?

dwssws

sorry my ancestors didn't come over as early as some of you here

BoggledMind

Mom's side:

Ship: Abigail


Dad's side:

Ship: Mayflower

RNCHSN

Hey Rich........ummm.....errrr........Yep, I have no clue!


Guessing early to mid 1900's from Canada on one side and maybe as early as the 1700's on the other........ No clue!

PS
I brake for NICE busts!

PPS
I've almost caused a few accidents because of it!

NumisOxide

My great-great grandfather came over from Italy in 1860 by boat and arrived in Buffalo New York. He played the violin during the civil war for the Union army.



Nice thread Clad!

Cladiator

Cool stories and cool coins people

CaptHenway

<< <i>There's no way I'm going to believe that a mere 6 out of the hundreds of people on this forum know when their families arrived in America.

Gggrrrr.... >>



Well, some of my ancestors came over the Bering Straits land bridge about 15,000 years ago, but they forgot to bring any coins with them!!!!
LOL
TD

Cladiator

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<< <i>There's no way I'm going to believe that a mere 6 out of the hundreds of people on this forum know when their families arrived in America.

Gggrrrr.... >>



Well, some of my ancestors came over the Bering Straits land bridge about 15,000 years ago, but they forgot to bring any coins with them!!!!
LOL
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How about the others?

Connecticoin

Most of my ancestors came over from Germany and homesteaded in eastern Nebraska during the 1860s or 1870s. Since I do not know the exact year, I will choose 1867, the year Nebraska became a state:

Hugegut

Family came here in 1913 but went back to Poland 6 years later. Returned here for good in 1935.

Thenewguy

On my Dads side the earliest direct family member (my great grandfather) arrived in New York from Copenhagen aboard the steamship "Thingvalla" in (photo from ebay, coin not mine)

I am not sure about my mothers side.