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ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 30, 2017 1:31PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Got this old man in change last night in NYC, in the Bronx no less. Maybe he had a vacation here and there, but
he was still working hard at 104 years old. Now he's going to be relaxing for a while at my place.

The hairlines are on the flip I put it in.

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 30, 2017 12:20PM

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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,910 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I once got a holed, dateless 1913 type 1 Buffalo in change. I still have it somewhere, on a keyring if I remember correctly.

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pretty sure I've never gotten a 100 year old coin in change. 1920's era Lincolns is about the best I can do.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got a 1911 liberty head nickel in change at Dunkin Donuts

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  • DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭✭

    I got an 1877 IHC from a bank roll as a teenager, but I don't think it was quite 100 yrs old at that time. Close! ...... And a quick note to ms70: cut ol' Abe there some slack.... he's just 104 years old!! :o;)

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DBSTrader2 said:
    I got an 1877 IHC from a bank roll as a teenager, but I don't think it was quite 100 yrs old at that time. Close! ...... And a quick note to ms70: cut ol' Abe there some slack.... he's just 104 years old!! :o;)

    LOL!!! Typo!! Thanks!

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  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ms70 said:
    Maybe he had a vacation here and there, but he was still working hard at 104 years old.

    @DBSTrader2 said:
    cut ol' Abe there some slack.... he's just 104 years old!! :o;)

    If he's only 104, shouldn't he be working harder?

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 30, 2017 2:12PM

    Found a VG 1876 Seated dime under an oven in a rundown $100/month apt, when I was in college, in about 1980. Decided to clean under the stove for some odd reason, and there she was. Still have her too!

    Dave

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  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 30, 2017 2:14PM

    Wow a 13s in change very nice find!

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 22, 2024 6:35PM

    I received a 1912 cent in change in 2010, it is over 100 years old now.

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    United States cent 1912

    :)

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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 30, 2017 2:30PM

    Oldest coin that I can ever recall recieving in change was a 1919 Lincoln cent minted in Philadelphia - and that happened more than once. Huge huge mintage of that date.

    Americans generally do not realize the relative stability of our monetary arrangements compared to other nations. I do not think that there is practically any other nation where a coin dated before 1950 would still be readily spendable.

  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭

    Somewhere around here I have a 1911-P Lincoln Cent that I found on the ground at the local Aldi's.

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,869 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I paid $2.00 for a 1913-S Lincoln in Fair Condition, in about 1963. Yours has nice, even wear. Mine was pitted. :)

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  • GeorgesCoinsGeorgesCoins Posts: 36 ✭✭

    I don't believe I know where it is but I got a 1913 Wheat Cent in change last year.

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 30, 2017 5:58PM

    Ok Testoon2, verbalize your disagreement.

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  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wife brought home a 1866 shield Nickel with rays earlier this year

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A 13-S is a CRAZY COOL circ. find.
    Well done, you will have a hard time surpassing that one!
    The past couple of months I have found several "teens" Lincolns, all Philly, oldest was a 1910, AG/G. I am pretty sure that's the oldest coin I have ever found in change, and my looking goes back a LONG time.
    Nothing as cool as a 1913-S.
    That deserves a huge YOU SUCK from us roll searching weenies. :)

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Dave99B said:
    Found a VG 1876 Seated dime under an oven in a rundown $100/month apt, when I was in college, in about 1980. Decided to clean under the stove for some odd reason, and there she was. Still have her too!

    Dave

    Yes but.....do you still have the coin too?

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JRocco said:
    Got this in change about 10 years ago at a convenience store. Some kid raided daddy's coins.


    And about 15 years or so ago I got this darksider instead of a dime.

    Amazing circ. finds. :):)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have one each, 1916 and 1918 cents sitting right here on my desk that I got in the last two weeks in change...Cheers, RickO

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,599 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillDugan1959 said:

    I do not think that there is practically any other nation where a coin dated before 1950 would still be readily spendable.

    Canada.... Switzerland....

    A few others got erased with the euro.

  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very little left in Canada, I think - you might be able to spend a five cent coin with George VI on it, but the odd shape would make it obvious.

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillDugan1959 said:

    Americans generally do not realize the relative stability of our monetary arrangements compared to other nations. >I do not think that there is practically any other nation where a coin dated before 1950 would still be readily >spendable.

    Interesting point.

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  • OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not exactly in change but found at Coinstar machine earlier this month.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coin star find


  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've found more than a few 100+ year old coins in roll searches, coin machine rejects or circulation.

    My records - 1858 FE cents in 2014 in cent rolls
    1865 IHC in a coin machine reject slot about a year ago
    77 Liberty nickels dated from 1890-1912-D in nickel rolls about a year ago
    1898 and 1898 Barber dimes in a coin machine reject slot about 2.5 years ago.

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 4, 2017 10:20AM

    @TommyType said:
    Pretty sure I've never gotten a 100 year old coin in change. 1920's era Lincolns is about the best I can do.

    Same here, oldest legitimate "received in change" find was a 1910 cent at a Denny's -- but it wasn't 100 years old then, this was in the mid 1990's--back when I'd still eat at a Denny's!

    All 3 of the cents back were wheat (paid at the register) so asked to change a quarter for 25 pennies and most were common early Lincolns, too. Still have them.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,344 ✭✭✭✭✭

    got a 1917 wheat back at the coffee shop a few weeks ago. id say maybe a vg

  • Inspired70Inspired70 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got a 1912 Barber Dime just the other day in change back. Pretty cool!

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 5, 2017 11:44AM

    I didn't see the 1913 until I got back home that morning. If I saw it when I received it I would've asked for more change. There might have been more prizes. :(

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