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Oldest Cent Find In Circulation Ever

SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

Oldest Cent Find In Circulation Ever
Yesterday I bought $50 worth of cents in rolls in boxes. By the near the end of the second box I came up with my oldest Lincoln find ever in a box:

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Unfortunately Lincoln has an apparent gun shot wound in his cranial region, but this coin does have the VDB. In the last year I have gotten a couple of 1910's but never a 1909. This coin is 99 years old, just incredible, what with the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent next year, to find one from the first year in a box bought at the bank.

So the date runs of the finds go as following:

1909 VDB, but of course
1919
1928
1929
1934
1940
1941 X 2
1944 X 3
1945
1946 X 4
1949-D
1953-D
1955-D
1957-D X 2
1958

San Francisco
1968
1969 X 7
1970 X 5
1974

Canada
George VI
1939

Elizabeth II
1953
1956
1959 X 2
1961
1962 X 2
1963 X 3
1964 X 5

1967 Centennial
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21

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  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome!!! Never got a 1909 in circulation myself image

    My oldest cent finds in actual circulation when engaged in a transaction was a 1907 IHC with VG details, slightly bent. Got it in change in the drive thru back in 2004!!! Was thrilled about that.

    My oldest found in roll searching was a 1901 IHC in VG-F or so. Pulled that earlier this year in only my 2nd box of $25 ever searched!!! Was told that is very unusual to find those, so I won't get my hopes up in finding many more, but I'll keep looking!!!
  • BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭
    I got a 1919 earlier this year. I think it may have been in someone's collection as every detail is present. it's clean with no dings or major scratches, and is a nice solid brown color.

    It's in my permanent collection now image
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  • Cool find. Congrats.
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  • My earliest find is also 1909 for the Cents. A 1909 plain Lincoln, no VDB, but the VDB ones came out first so technically you still win. Stories have been told of people finding Indian Cents.
    A lie told often enough becomes the truth. ~Vladimir Lenin
  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I found a '31D in a bag of $50 one time.

    Ray
  • 1919 is also my oldest I've found too
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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Aside from the 1909, I have found two 1910's, a 1912, a 1914, a 1916-D(two weeks ago), several 1918's and a 1919-S and the 1919. Great Grandparents pennies are still circulatingimage
    In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Found this one in a register about 20 or so years ago
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    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1887 Indian is the oldest. I got 2 1909 Lincolns within a 1 week period. Still have all of these.
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  • check those 1969-s cents you got carefully for the possibility of the DDO!image
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  • 1876 IHC was my oldest, change from a Dairy Barn store
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You're tied with me, now. My oldest cent find in circulation (my oldest circ find, period) was a 1909 "plain" cent.

    But mine came out of my mother's change purse in 1977 or so, and was an AG. So for you to find a better example (digs or not) more than thirty years later is an accomplishment.

    You can sell that on eBay as a "John Wilkes Booth" variety, just like some people focus on Kennedy halves with die cracks or damage near the back of the head. image

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  • I found a 1865 indian penny in circulation once.
    "Everyday above ground is a good day"

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice find... definitely a keeper... Cheers, RickO
  • My best was an 1895 Indian cent.
  • BTW very cool change find!
  • 09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    A 1907 Indian Cent many years ago.
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    1862 is my oldest. Beat up, but a good bit of detail left.
  • About a week ago I went by the bank and picked ten rolls of pennys and about mid way through the rolls I found a 1891.
    Found one from the 40's one from the 50's and many from the 60's, also one 2008.
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


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  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    a nice dark 1894 1c in au condition from a bank roll around 2003?
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  • sfs2002usasfs2002usa Posts: 811 ✭✭✭
    1919 Lincoln Cent. Got it in 1980 and I still have it.

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