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1957joe1957joe Posts: 608 ✭✭
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Mine isn't that old but I still like that year. I have several from 1853. I would love to get one of every coin type minted that year. BIG challenge but doable.

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    foodudefoodude Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭
    1794 Large Cent.
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    LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1794 Large Cent. >>



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    foodudefoodude Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭
    hmmmm.... image
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    JohnZJohnZ Posts: 1,732 ✭
    You mean from the US mint proper? Or do colonials count?

    If anything goes, I've got some nice ancient Roman silvers.

    We ARE watching you.

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    XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    ~42 BC
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    nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    3rd century denarius of Severus Alexander
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    boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gotta be this one ca. 325 B.C. Alexander the Great gold stater
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    XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Nice stater!
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,977 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Foreign - A Roman denarius of emperor Geta, 198 AD

    Colonial - Oak Tree two pence, dated 1662 but probably stuck circa 1670. I also have a small planchet Pine Tree shilling dated 1652, but actually minted circa 1680.

    U.S. 1787 Fugio cent

    U.S. pattern : 1792 half disme

    Regular U.S. 1793 Chain Cent
    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 ... ?
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    pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1795 Flowing Hair Dollar
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    razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    1853- $1 Liberty Gold...
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
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    LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From the US: a 1793 chain cent
    Oldest altogether: something from Greece around the 2nd century B.C.

    Those ancient coins really have held up well considering I have some Washington quarters from the 30s and 40s that have less detail that some of the stuff from 1800 to 2100 years ago!
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    pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    hey joe ya wanna buy out my 1853 collection?...all slabbed some ngc some pcgs. I have the dollar gold, have the half dime slabbed au50 have the dime slabbed au55 have the half dollar with major doubling (longacreing) ncg f15 have the cent xf40 pcgs...maybe some others also...i started it n gave up.


    my oldest...1828 au58 cent cleaned, pit obv retoned segs
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    billboatbillboat Posts: 2,260
    US---1798 Large Cent, which I found in a lot of Mexican and World coins about a month ago--it was just a round slug until I looked more closely, talk about a real thrill--I put it in some hot water and a century of dirt soaked off and there it was--maybe an AG3+ (worth about $40) but I was happy--nice original surfaces--reasonably clear date, with a good reverse--althougth for a minute or two I thought it was a 1799--no such luck. World--Greek Archaic Period silver 1/2 drachm from Parium c 500BC--Gorgon head on the obverse with an anchor on the reverse--smaller than a dime and thicker than a nickel.
    Curmudgeon in waiting!
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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Ancient (my one and only, given to me by a friend) - Roman Constantius II bronze c. 351-355 AD

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    US - Chain Cent


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    hughesm1hughesm1 Posts: 778 ✭✭
    1807 Draped bust half - VG10
    Mark
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    RiffRaff1967RiffRaff1967 Posts: 405
    US: 1836 Large Cent

    Ancient: Valens 364-378 AD
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    EvilMCTEvilMCT Posts: 799 ✭✭✭
    US: 1806 1/2 Cent
    Ancient: Carus 283 A.D.

    Ken
    my knuckles, they bleed, on your front door
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    BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,561 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1828 half cent PCGS F12.
    US Navy CWO3 retired. 12/81-09/04

    Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
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    paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    1802 large cent..ANACS VG 10, since cracked out and put in my type set album
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    tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    U.S.: 1794 Large Cent
    Ancient: 14 A.D. Roman Dinarius

    Tom
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    1806 half cent/ half dollar
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    VeepVeep Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭✭
    A nice, honest VF 1807 Capped Bust half w/small stars. Just got it two weeks ago. Its the first bust half I've ever owned.
    "Let me tell ya Bud, you can buy junk anytime!"
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    1723 Hibernia.

    Russ, NCNE
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    coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    500-480 B.C Tiny silver coin from Thrace with lion on one side, bird on the other. Cost me $18.50 back in 1994.
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    airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dated- 1584 Hungarian dinar
    undated- widow's mite
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    baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    Here's the oldest one I have that bears a date. I do have some ancients though.

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    1 Tassa-slap
    2 Cam-Slams!
    1 Russ POTD!
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    DarkhorseDarkhorse Posts: 1,377
    My oldest is a BU Frankfurt city view Kreuzer from 1939.

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    MacCoinMacCoin Posts: 2,544 ✭✭
    US 1797 cent
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    I hate it when you see my post before I can edit the spelling.

    Always looking for nice type coins

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    JNADADJNADAD Posts: 69
    VF 1803 Half with small rim ding
    AU 1820 Half with Curl 2
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    fountainheadgoldfountainheadgold Posts: 2,467 ✭
    Mine is a Fugio cent.
    Michael
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    khaysekhayse Posts: 1,336 ✭
    1817 Bust Half (for the year in which my alma mater was founded)

    -KHayse
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    islemanguislemangu Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭✭
    farth..fartH..farTH..faRTHimage
    1723image
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    haletjhaletj Posts: 2,192 ✭
    1803 Cent. For about 15 yrs my oldest had been an 1826 half.
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    09sVDB09sVDB Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭
    1798/7 Large Cent
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    mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    bronze lepton ...tiberius caesar...pontius pilate procurator of judea...29 adimage
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    ColorfulcoinsColorfulcoins Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭
    1946 Roosevelt ------hey, its the first year of the series so its the oldest one! image
    Craig
    If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
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    jonesyjonesy Posts: 5,031
    1805 Quarter

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