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1040taxman · August 23, 2016 6:11AM

I don't know if this has been done before.
Just wanted to find out what's the oldest coin you have ever found or received in change ?
For me it was a 1910 Lincoln cent

OldEastside · August 23, 2016 6:22AM

Wife is a cashier and she brought home a 1867 shield nickel from her till a couple months back

Steve

lordmarcovan · August 23, 2016 6:27AM

1909 Lincoln cent, Fair-AG.

No S or VDB.

No Headlights · August 23, 2016 7:05AM

1896 Indian Head

My friend found a 31-S wheatie

TigersFan2 · August 23, 2016 7:07AM

October 2015 I found an 1887 Indian Head Cent in a roll of pennies from Bank of America. A nice G-4 coin.

RockyMtnProspector · August 23, 2016 7:19AM

In the 1980s my grandfather received a Capped Bust half (1832 or 1833) as payment for a pack of cigarettes. As a kid we routinely found Indian Head cents and Liberty V nickels in change. When I would go in on Saturdays I was given the task of sorting the change accumulated throughout the week and putting them in paper rolls to take to the bank. Silver was common, as were later date Wheaties (with some older ones tossed in) and Buffalo nickels. No doubt most of these made their way to the store via the grandkids raiding Grandma's coin jars for candy money.

ms70 · August 23, 2016 7:22AM

I remember a few Lincolns from the 20's. More recently a few wheaties from the 50's.

WoodenJefferson · August 23, 2016 7:29AM

20 years ago or so, a lady came into Sears where my wife was selling appliances paid for trash compactor bags with 2 rolls of buffalo nickels.

My wife had to break open the rolls and count them, after they were in the register, she asked her boss to let her exchange them for 2 paper dollars, he said OK, but to split them up with the people on the floor.

She came home with 13 buffs, mostly worn...but then again I did not see the other ones either.

OnlyGoldIsMoney · August 23, 2016 7:57AM

1909 VDB (VF) Lincoln found when sorting through rolls of cents from my local bank two years ago.

Patch3E9 · August 23, 2016 12:24PM

1913 Lincoln cent, solid AG when I was maybe 8 or 9 years old. This actually got me interested in collecting. I should mention that in the past month I have received a 44-P Jefferson nickel (VG) and a 43-P Mercury dime (F). Two different stores, two different parts of Pittsburgh. They're still out there!!!

joeykoins · August 23, 2016 2:50PM

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joeykoins · August 23, 2016 2:50PM

Cool thread! I found a 1847 Large Cent. This is what sparked my interest in coin collecting.

mannie gray · August 23, 2016 2:59PM

Never found an Indian Head when I was a kid and looking for them avidly, but found a corroded dug-looking 1887 about ten years ago.

The oldest silver coin I ever found was a 1902-O dime when I was a paperboy on the early 70s.

mannie gray · August 23, 2016 3:01PM

Originally posted by: OldEastside

Wife is a cashier and she brought home a 1867 shield nickel from her till a couple months back

Steve

That is a crazy cool find !

CommemKing · August 23, 2016 9:56PM

1910 Lincoln cent in G condition.

garrynot · August 23, 2016 10:05PM

Most recent was 5 or so years ago I received a mint state war nickel in change at a bakery. It happened to be next door to a coin shop I frequent. I took it there and asked if they recognized it, thinking it was mistakenly spent. But no, they didn't recognize it.

illini420 · August 23, 2016 10:15PM

Got a 1901 Indian Cent in VG in change after buying lunch around 10 years ago... thought that was neat!

Nap · August 23, 2016 10:19PM

I found a few Indian cents in change over the years, probably the oldest was from the 1880s.

RYK · August 23, 2016 11:17PM

In the last quarter of the 20th century, it was not too unusual to find a buffalo nickel or an IHC. In 2016, I rarely pay with cash and even more rarely get change back in coins.

silverpop · August 23, 2016 11:18PM

this beat up 1934 wheat penny is one of the oldest coins I have found in change yet

GritsMan · August 23, 2016 11:27PM

As a kid, I found some Indian head pennies. As an adult searching rolls, I came across a V-nickel about ten years ago.

Legit change finds, my best have been a 1909-VDB (no S) in change about 15 years ago and, just a few months ago, a Standing Liberty Quarter (no date) from a toll booth in Pennsylvania. That one really blew me away.

ricko · August 24, 2016 1:22AM

As a kid, IHC's, SLQ's were still found in change... as a paperboy, I found many. WLH's were common.....now, I occasionally find older cents...usually '30's or '40's. Cheers, RickO

mannie gray · August 24, 2016 1:47AM

Originally posted by: RYK

In the last quarter of the 20th century, it was not too unusual to find a buffalo nickel or an IHC. In 2016, I rarely pay with cash and even more rarely get change back in coins.

RYK: I am going to disagree with you about this.

It would have been EXTREMELY unusual.

I started seriously searching coins/change in the early 1970s and was exposed to a lot of it since I had to have change as a paperboy, and I never found an IHC, and only found a few Buffs, maybe 2 and they were dateless.

Perhaps geographic differences account for this, who knows.

panexpoguy · August 24, 2016 2:14AM

1876 dime from a convenience store as change.

Jackthecat1 · August 24, 2016 2:30AM

My daughter found a VF 1914-S cent in change a few months ago.

DeepCoin · August 24, 2016 2:35AM

I found a flying eagle cent in the early 60s when I first started collecting coins. My major find was a 1942/1 Mercury dime in 1962, not old but valuable even then

pocketpiececommems · August 24, 2016 2:54AM

Not found in change but when we were kids Dad would get $50 bags of cents from the bank. We would stick a magnet in the bag to see how many Steel Cents would stick to it. The bank at that time bought the cents by "weight " from the gum ball machine guy ??

ambro51 · August 24, 2016 3:15AM

1865 3 cent nickel taken by me as a dime while a toll collector early 70s Garden State Parkway

92cc fan · August 24, 2016 3:43AM

While working at my first job I received a well worn shield nickel as part payment. This was in the late 60's. All kinds of old coins were still in circulation.

SaorAlba · August 24, 2016 3:59AM

I am a roll searcher and early last year I found 2 1858 FE cents, miserable shape within the span of a month. Oldest I have received in change is probably 1917.

johnny9434 · August 24, 2016 5:09AM

picked up a 41 and 44 wheat back last week at the coffee shop. this is not good when i cant remember when the last time i got a good coin in change

ProofArtworkonCircs · August 24, 2016 11:14AM

About 1954 (time flies) I received a 1782 8 real piece, Mexico city mint, in change from the college cafeteria. Actually the cashier forced it on me. It was very slick and she said she only took it because she knew I used silver dollars. I am glad I have it now. Although rather slick, all the pertinent information was decipherable.

ProofArtworkonCircs · August 24, 2016 11:21AM

Years ago, helping a friend dig near his house, I found an 1818 cent. By prior agreement I was to keep all money I found while digging. That was it. Earlier my father gave me his dug up find and a classmate gave me his. They were both 1818 cents.

messydesk · August 24, 2016 11:26AM

Probably a Lincoln cent from 1916-20ish. I said to myself, "Cool!" Then sent it back into circulation in hopes that someone else would get to find it.

mdkuom · August 24, 2016 12:20PM

I was a cashier for about three years in the late '90's. During that time I pulled out 300-400 wheat pennies (including many teens), 4-5 Indians cents, a couple of dateless Buffalo nickels, many war nickels, a couple of dozen Roosevelt and Mercury Dimes, a few barber dimes, 10 or so Washington quarters, and several 40% and 90% half dollars. BUT, my then girlfriend and now wife that worked at a different store called me and told me she found a coin I needed to look at and she trumped all of my finds with an 1857 Flying Eagle cent in VF. I couldn't believe it.

lkenefic · August 24, 2016 1:45PM

Oldest coin... probably a 1910 Lincoln Cent. I've been known to put 1900's Indian Head Cents into change though. I've not done this in quite some time.... probably since 2008 when I lived in Flagstaff AZ...

lordmarcovan · August 24, 2016 4:47PM

Originally posted by: ProofArtworkonCircs

Years ago, helping a friend dig near his house, I found an 1818 cent. By prior agreement I was to keep all money I found while digging. That was it. Earlier my father gave me his dug up find and a classmate gave me his. They were both 1818 cents.

Cool. I've seen an 1818 cent dug up at my old high school (which was established in 1788).

I of course did not include detector finds in my "oldest" tally- the 1909 cent was the oldest I've found in change.

Oldest coin I've found (not in change) was a ca. 395 AD Roman bronze.

Oldest dated coin (with an actual date on the coin itself) was a 1738 British halfpenny.

JedPlanchet · August 24, 2016 5:34PM

A 1917 Lincoln Cent - gotten in change this year. I've also gotten a couple of Buffalo nickels too.

stash · August 24, 2016 9:36PM

My is a 1864 2 Cent piece and I still own it .

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thebeav · August 24, 2016 10:08PM

Originally posted by: ambro51
1865 3 cent nickel taken by me as a dime while a toll collector early 70s Garden State Parkway

1865 Three cent nickel 'given' to me as a dime by a toll collector in the mid 70's on the NYS thruway. As a matter of fact, it was a love token with a 'B' neatly engraved on the reverse. I guess it was meant for "thebeav"......

OKbustchaser · August 25, 2016 7:44AM

First, some backround...

Growing up in the 60's in small-town Oklahoma and working as an automotive fueling specialist (gas pump jockey), I often received obsolete coins that dated back to seated Liberties and occasionally even a bust coin or two. The oldest that I remember was a worn out 1817 half. (NOT the 17/4 overdate though ) Later, after college, I went back to said small town and asked a couple of elderly gentlemen who had been regular customers if they had been "priming the pump" so to speak and seeking a new collector. Never could get either to admit it but I still think so.

I now do the same thing. It is really cool to see the look when you spend a large cent or cull silver. Who knows...maybe the next Bustchaser is out there right now. I have spent half cents and large cents back to the 1830s. Two centers are always fun although it is getting tougher to find them in junk boxes..

ProofArtworkonCircs · August 25, 2016 11:29AM

About 1963 a few friends and I picked up a $1,000 bag of silver dollars from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. It contained 999 sharp BU 1878 S dollars and one beat up 1923. We were very disappointed because we already had nice 1878 S in our collections. I spent the most of my share of that bag and sold some for 99.9 cents each.
In those days most bags were from the US government. One in ten would be audited at the Fed. This was an audited bag and maybe the auditor swapped his pocket piece.
At that time and place, it was most unusual to find a Peace dollar in one of the bags..

TigersFan2 · August 25, 2016 11:36AM

Originally posted by: mdkuom
I was a cashier for about three years in the late '90's. During that time I pulled out 300-400 wheat pennies (including many teens), 4-5 Indians cents, a couple of dateless Buffalo nickels, many war nickels, a couple of dozen Roosevelt and Mercury Dimes, a few barber dimes, 10 or so Washington quarters, and several 40% and 90% half dollars. BUT, my then girlfriend and now wife that worked at a different store called me and told me she found a coin I needed to look at and she trumped all of my finds with an 1857 Flying Eagle cent in VF. I couldn't believe it.

Any woman with the ability to find Flying Eagles in change, you should marry her!

DBSTrader2 · August 28, 2016 11:32PM

Back in my middle-school days (early '70's), my friend & I were just getting into collecting. His mother worked as a bank teller, so we'd give her some money & she would bring home rolls of pennies at our request. I remember divvying-up a batch of rolls one time & each of us going through our stack, and my finding an 1876 IHC in Good condition........ what were the odds?! Best/oldest coin EITHER of us ever found!

And, yes, that IHC still holds a prominent spot in my blue Whitman folder to this date!!

machoponcho · August 29, 2016 12:05AM

1907 Indian Cent I think the date was. Got about 4 years ago in auto-checkout grocery store change.

keyman64 · August 29, 2016 2:31AM

1883 IHC

ProfLiz · August 29, 2016 11:43AM

My daughter found a 1904 IHC working as a barista at Starbucks in 2012. That's better than any of my finds; I think my oldest would be a LWC in the 'teens.

golddustin · August 29, 2016 1:04PM

I got a 1909 VDB in VF condition about 10 years ago in change at the post office.

About a week ago, a cashier at my store pulled a heavily corroded 1920-D Buffalo nickel from the til.

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