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gothboi30
Penny Collector Member
USA
286 Posts |
 Posted - 11/22/2008 : 23:00:03
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Ok folks, I'd like to know what the oldest coin you've ever found "in the wild" is. Mine is a 1912 wheat cent (unfortunately in very poor condition).
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2008 : 23:18:23
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| Ive found a few 1909 (plain), a 1910, and a couple 1911 |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2008 : 23:32:54
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| 1906 v nickel, 1906 indian |
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 00:27:11
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| 1893 ih , today |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 00:31:42
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1909 VBD about 3 months ago, in a $25 box.
I'm hoping it will sprout an S! |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 00:33:48
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| if metal detecting counts , then. 1790 minted in vermont coin. |
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Posted - 11/23/2008 : 07:32:37
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| I got a 1909 vdb in my 4th box. I'm on the PA/DE border, and the ten or so boxes I've sorted through seem to yield higher percentages of wheats and copper than the averages posted here. Beginner's luck I think. |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 09:05:40
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| 1864 Indian Head |
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phillips24
Penny Pincher Member
USA
142 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 13:56:14
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| 1918 plain wheat for me. |
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Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member
Saudi Arabia
2080 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 17:02:48
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| 1891 IH, And an 1868 Hungarian penny. =D |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 18:45:20
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| I found a shiny rock I am sure cavemen used for bartering... So 15k BC... I win!!! |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
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eboyfudd
Penny Sorter Member
USA
47 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 20:15:21
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| In a $50 bag of pennies, I found a bronze coin from the 2nd Bar Kochba Rebellion of the Jews against the Romans (135 AD). I'd like to find something older, but don't expect to. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 20:59:28
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| My oldest just changed to a 1905 indian. |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 11/23/2008 : 21:23:42
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Originally posted by Nickelless
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Originally posted by oober
I found a shiny rock I am sure cavemen used for bartering... So 15k BC... I win!!!
Oh yeah, well, I'm gonna take a rock and heat it up to a few thousand degrees like it was before the Earth cooled and then I'LL have the oldest coin.
What's the melt value of molten lava?
Must be bartered with to be considered currency... Sorry, there were no cavemen yet... SO I STILL WIN!!!! :)
Actually I have no old coins, my wife tells me I own nothing. She has a vn 1864 IH though. She lets me look at it from time to time... |
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mingusdew
Penny Sorter Member
64 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2008 : 09:57:41
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| found an 1858 eagle earlier in the year, other than that I found a 1909 vdb about a few months later. Both were fairly heavily circulated, but both sides were legible. |
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
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Loophole29
Penny Sorter Member
78 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2008 : 16:54:25
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1882 Indian Head, a few months ago.
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scooter
Penny Pincher Member
240 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2008 : 13:25:39
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Actually I have no old coins, my wife tells me I own nothing. She has a vn 1864 IH though. She lets me look at it from time to time...
hahhhhahahaahhahhahahahahahhahahaahah
1901 ih for me |
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L1011
Penny Collector Member
310 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2008 : 18:35:56
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| Got an 1864 Indian in change back.... |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2008 : 19:25:01
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1859 Indian is still my oldest found in the wild. When I first saw it reverse side up in my zinc tray I thought it was a Canadian. As I picked it up I realized what the wreath represented, and the fact that there was no shield.. I knew the date even before I flipped it over. What a charge!  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2008 : 20:16:34
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
1859 Indian is still my oldest found in the wild. When I first saw it reverse side up in my zinc tray I thought it was a Canadian. As I picked it up I realized what the wreath represented, and the fact that there was no shield.. I knew the date even before I flipped it over. What a charge!
Well when you have sorted 1/2 of the copper out of circulation you were bound to get lucky eventually. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2008 : 20:26:24
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Do you think we should start a thread on who is using the oldest machine to sort, count or wrap?
Kudos on that 1859 Feathered Liberty!
The way you wrote it up, I almost felt the shivering thrill of discovery tingling my spine. |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 11/25/2008 : 20:59:58
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| I might have a shot at some of those oldest machine records. My wrapping machines are not all that old, but I have a pretty old sorter/counter.. a Downey Johnson.. built like a tank.. I don't use it much anymore though. I even have an old penny scale.. I think it is from the 20's.. great for weighing copper pennies. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2008 : 04:00:53
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| Oldest was a 1910 wheat in horrible condition. |
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2008 : 17:07:04
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| 1887 IH I found it in a crw the first week that I started sorting. |
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