What was the oldest piece you've ever found in circulation?

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  1. sunflower

    sunflower New Member


    Is that after years of searching? Or beginners luck way back when?

    (Krispy is too wise to be a spring chicken)
     
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  3. silver surfer

    silver surfer Senior Member

    1681 zeelandia (dime?) found in a roll of cents about two yrs ago.
    Beat that,lol
     

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  4. texmech

    texmech Wanna be coin collector

  5. Marshall

    Marshall Junior Member

    I found two or three Indian cents and several 1910 Lincolns. Of course that was in the sixties.
     
  6. boxer

    boxer New Member

    I work at burger king and someone payed with a 1934 peace dollar
     
  7. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    I found a 1919 Lincoln cent around 2 months ago. :thumb:
     
  8. Pilkenton

    Pilkenton almost uncirculated


    The dealer by me will give Indian Head cents or Ikes as change all the time.
     
  9. 10gary22

    10gary22 Junior Member

    I got 10 rolls of cents at the bank branch inside the grocery. All CWRs. I found a 1905 IHC and a 1919 Lincoln in one of them. Oldest most recent finds from near circulation, anyway.
     
  10. coinup

    coinup Junior Member

    1913 Lincoln in ~ F condition
     
  11. onecenter

    onecenter Member

    1852 dime over 35 years ago.
     
  12. choosedeth

    choosedeth New Member

    2003 Taco Bell drive thru 1873 indian head penny!!!
     
  13. sunflower

    sunflower New Member

    Wow!. Double Cool.
     
  14. wow, onecenter! I'd love to find that. I actually found a 1914 wheatie in some rolls the other day. I was quite pleased with it. :)
     
  15. 1066merlin

    1066merlin ANA#R3157534

    My oldest find roll searching was a 1863 civil war token 'our army'.
     
  16. Nice one 1066merlin! I always wanted one of those
     
  17. ddoomm1

    ddoomm1 keep on running

    1911-P in sisters change :D
     
  18. Cent?
     
  19. Lagaidh

    Lagaidh New Member

    I found a 1906 cent. I've found a couple 1909 cents, one of them VDB. These are my oldest pocket change finds.
     
  20. 5dollarEdunote

    5dollarEdunote Coin Connoisseur

    I found a nice semi key 1939 D Jefferson in a pile of clad
     
  21. ddoomm1

    ddoomm1 keep on running

    yup..worn to about a G but original
     
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