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So, I went to work today at the bakery in the afternoon.
Of course, when I get a chance I look through the money and crack open some rolls when some coinage gets low.
Anyway, it was about an hour and half before I was going to leave, and I decided to crack open a roll of cents, didn't really need to, but I thought it would be fun (I'm sure other people do that too )
Out pops this:
I thought, "that looks like the reverse of an Indian Head cent! - but maybe it's a foreign coin" (I didn't want to excite myself)
So I flip it over...
yup!!!
Now my oldest coin found in circulation/register
Previous record was a 1919 Wheat Cent.
Great find! I've never found an IHC in circulation.
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But yeah, this was a great way to end the year... I do work tomorrow and the day after though... but I doubt I can beat this. lol
Heck, I doubt I can beat it next year, but ya never know
I was also surprised that it was from the 1880's. You would think that it would be a later one, like late 1890's onward.
That is awesome! I really need to get back into roll searching, because now is probably a great time for finds like that, with people cashing in age old buckets of change for gas money and whatnot.
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Great find! I've never found an IHC in circulation.
When I was a kid they could be occasionally seen, but not anymore.
Ruben
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That is a sweet find. It's probably at least a fine. I'm surprised all the letters in Liberty are visible. That's a rare find.
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