Oldest coin I found on the ground With

First off i didn't mean to type with in my headline at the end. Can't go back and edit that.

okay I though this would be a cool idea. Make a thread where people can post the oldest coins they found on the ground during their regular everyday commute. Meaning you weren't really looking for coins with a metal detector, but you just happened to stumble upon a coin that was 1 rare or 2 very old, or 3 had an error on it. My oldest coin I ever found on the ground was a 1918 s wheat penny, with what looks to be either a lamination or a die break of some kind.

 

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I'm on a phone so I can't seem to find it lol

 

Nah...looks like a simple 99 year old scratch

 

sorry, but I agree

 

I once found a buffalo nickel sticking out of the dirt in my backyard. I was probably 10 years old maybe even a little younger, and unfortunately I didn't tuck it away or take a mental note of the date so that find is lost to history.
My sister found a 1902 IHC on the floor of the bus coming home from school about 15 years ago, I presume it was brought for show and tell and someone dropped it.
The coolest ground find I've kept was from about half a year ago, I spotted a quarter in front of a CoinStar machine, picked it up, and it was silver! Must have been violently ejected from the reject slot and left on the floor to its fate...

Any day finding free silver is a good day. (Even if it's value is down in the $15.50 an oz. range.)

 

No pics, but a 1926-S wheatie on a dirt pathway right near Mission San Jose in California.

 

1938 Jefferson on the floor of the grocery store.
1944-S Mercury dime on my street walking home from the park.
Prob have found older but these are the most recent.

 

Not the oldest item I found on the ground but the oddest:


Scientology membership pin

 

You don't happen to work for that paper, do you? While I've long been fond of coastal Georgia, I'm not sure a subscription is quite warranted in this case....




I kid, I kid...

 

That's cool guys thanks for the posts. Always feel free to post your finds here .

 

Fun story. Many years ago I had several rolls of cull Indian Head Cents. When I went out shopping, I would drop a few on the sidewalk in front of the store and go shopping. I would sometimes come out of the store and there would be folks walking around looking at the ground. I hope some of those folks joined the hobby.

 

I'm pretty sure that's what happened, bet you someone knew I like coins and left it in the spot I smoke at before work

 

not really a coin find but while operating metal detector near a local church parking lot i discovered sun faded fanklin$100 bill which i spent at my local coin dealer

 

Nothing but zink for me... Seems like i havta work for my luck

 

I found a double eagle while sweeping the floor in a food market where I worked back in the 60's. It was so worn that the date couldn't be read, however it looked something like this picture. Like a true genius, I carried it in my pocket and lost it within a few days.