What was you oldest coin that you found???

[treasurefiend]

If it doesn't have a date, then what years were they minted.

My oldest coin was a 1965 quarter!!!!

I hope you all can do better than me...

 

[Kipper]

1787 colonial Conecticut large cent, which beat my earlier oldest coin of 1794 US large cent by about 30 minutes. I was fortunate enough to get them on the same day. Spoiled me pretty good.

 

[cwilk]

Large cent, no date and almost no details. 3 SLQs no dates. Oldest coin with date is 1918S Winged Liberty Dime.

I need some better sites to find some 1800s coins. I'm hoping I get my first Barber and first Seated coins this year.
Chris

 

[bob1350]

1983 penny

 

[awhitster]

1877s Seated Liberty quarter. It was a target my brother from Florida gave up on and then I pinpointed it and pulled it out.
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[Rainman]

1885 V nickel in the alley next to my house when I lived in Indiana.

 

[dahut]

1842-0 Seated Liberty dime.

 

[Kipper]

Ouch!! Bet he was mad about that. I am still looking for one of those. Only 1 seated coin in my personal found collection. 1876 seated dime. Kip...

 

[cwilk]

My answer was wrong. I found a 1909 V Nickel and a 1917 wheat. I was thinking silver. Not much older but a little.

 

[awhitster]

[quote Kipper]Ouch!! Bet he was mad about that. I am still looking for one of those. Only 1 seated coin in my personal found collection. 1876 seated dime. Kip...[/quote]I have since found an 1888 seated dime on my own.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

I found a Chinese coin that has the dynasty on it and that is how the date is determined. It is between 1735 to 1795. My oldest US. coin is a 1839 large cent.

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[GarrettPredator3Massachusetts]

1828 large cent...

 

[awhitster]

[quote John 'n' W.Va]I found a Chinese coin that has the dynasty on it and that is how the date is determined. It is between 1735 to 1795. My oldest US. coin is a 1839 large cent.

[attachment 85646 1735-1795sqcoin.jpg][/quote]To bad it has a hole in it. It's kinda ru-int, aint it?

 

[Terry in PA]

My oldest coin to date is a silver French ecu from the reign of Lewis XV. The date on the coin is 1745 . Had a picture of it sent to Mark Parker of Western & Eastern Treasures
he found the information for me and said it is made of .917 fine silver. Found that coin while hunting with a friend in a old corn Field.

 

[Goes4ever]

1919 buffalo nickel and
1919 wheat penny

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose......got three of these in one hole around a lake in Dartmouth a few years ago. How they got here.....um!
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Here is the other side.
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From what I've been told and not confirmed is that it is 203AD Carthiginian minted in Ithica!

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

n/t

 

[awhitster]

[quote Goes4ever]1919 buffalo nickel and
1919 wheat penny[/quote]Nice G4. I have only found 2 Bufflo nickels. The last one was a 1919 too

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

I eyeballed this coin while in the Netherlands a few years back. It is an Oord from King Philips reign over Holland. I was at an old church and when I looked down on the grass, there it was!

My oldest detecting find is a 1783 Vermont Copper.

 

[cwilk]

Those Carthaginians really got around!

Chris