I thought this coin was old.......until..............

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1630Boston
1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 2, 2019 12:42PM in U.S. Coin Forum

I thought my 1799/8 was old until Until I saw a Jim Beam delivery truck today - Jim Beam since 1795.


Any similar thoughts on your coins? :smile:

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  • matt_dac
    matt_dac Posts: 963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    :D

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think you meant 1799/8 rather than 1999/8.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • WorldTypeSet
    WorldTypeSet Posts: 1,365 ✭✭✭✭
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    Jim Beam since 1795

    Guinness est'd 1759

    Paul

    My World Coin Type Set
  • carabonnair
    carabonnair Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Weihenstephan brewery "since 1040" claims to be the oldest. Maybe should plan a trip when they celebrate 1000 years in 2040...

    Gawain

    Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Enough of this 'old' talk... you are making me feel bad.... ;)

  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 35,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nero - Vesta denarious 65-6 AD


    Roman Republic quadrigatus, 225 - 214 BC


    I started to get the same feelings about my "old American coins" when I started collecting British hammered pieces.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @carabonnair said:
    Weihenstephan brewery "since 1040" claims to be the oldest. Maybe should plan a trip when they celebrate 1000 years in 2040...

    I have been there - you might be disappointed by the tour. It is very state of the art. :p

  • 1630Boston
    1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:
    I think you meant 1799/8 rather than 1999/8.

    Thanks :smile:

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    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A 1799/8 Bust Dollar is on my bucket list. Yours is a dandy!

    oih82w8 = Oh I Hate To Wait _defectus patientia_aka...Dr. Defecto - Curator of RMO's

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  • LJenkins11
    LJenkins11 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is a lovely coin. Why can't modern coinage look that classical?

  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Pretty neat, thank you all for sharing !!! :)

    Timbuk3

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