Oldest find in circulation

Yesterday my mother told me she got a wheat penny for me! I went to her and found out it was 1920 wheat penny! I know you guys have found older things in circulation before but this is my oldest one from my change or any of my relatives!

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

i found a 44 on a desk at the front office at the high school i go to, needless to say because my parents pay such high taxes i decided to take it, because nobody knew it was there

 

You took money off someones desk ? Sure hope they didn't have a "smile your on Candid camara" video going on you or worse.

 

I found an 1898 IHC in change in the late 70's. Still have that coin somewhere.

 

no it was on the front desk, like where you buy dance tickets and get papers for signing up for things, and it was on top of a paper i was gonna take anyways, so i took the paper and the penny at once, hah

 

Why can't I find a IHC in change! I need to get more penny rolls, but that's another story......

 

Two of my more recent circulation finds:



Found in a bank roll in 2010:

 

Come on! I found one, dateless buffalo nickel but that was it! I need to find the old lady's hoard

 

Oh, that's a nice IHC by the way!

 

The oldest I found was a 1914 cent in a bankroll

 

My mother works at my local high school and finds me great things in change. Although i have a hunch the kids are taking from their parents collections.

One student paid for a 10 dollar lunch in merc dimes. Two rolls 1940-45 dates but still awesome nonetheless

And she constantly comes home with common silver washingtons and roosevelts

Not too long ago I was cashiering at a supermarket and an older gentleman paid for milk with a 1928(?) $5 silver cert. I held up the line to ask the supervisor if I could exchange it for a 5 in my wallet. She agreed! Its pretty beat up but still

 

When I was searching through a box of cents, I found a 1913 in I'd say VF, which is pretty good for a nearly century-old coin. Below are my oldest finds, by denomination (except for dollar coins):

Cent-1913 Wheat
Nickel-1917-S Buffalo
Dime-1942 Mercury
Quarter-1934 Washington
Half-1946 Walking Liberty

 

I went through a box of nickels just yesterday and found a 1904 V nickel, I was stoked!

 

When I was younger, I could find 1910s, 1917s and 1918s fairly frequently. But never any S early Lincolns. D's were common here for the later two dates and then on to the fifties and sixties. I found a couple of Indians in the 03 to 07 range. Buffalos were still spending money unless better condition. Now I'm really not THAT old, but I did get started young in the late 60s.

I remember going to the bank to get silver dollars. The real silver dollars and not just non silver dollar coins. Unfortunately, whenever I wanted to buy anything, I had to used them to do it. Oh to have had a little foresight and patience...

 

There were no Series 1928 $5 SC issued. If it is a 1928, it's a FRN if it has a green seal, or a USN if it has a red one.

Earliest modern-sized $5 SC would be Series 1934.

 

Maybe one got printed by mistake

 

I don't think it's the oldest I've ever found in circulation, but just a little while ago I got a 1940 Canadian penny (I'm in Canada) in my change at starbucks. The surprising thing was it was about VF20, better shape than many newer coins I get in my change.

 

you lot are lucky, the earliest we find now are 1968 5 and 10 pence pieces. but before decimalisation we used to find lots of victorian and georgian coins in our change.

 

Yeah American collectors are fortunate that their pennies haven't changed in size since 1857. The oldest pennies we can expect to find in circulation in Canada is 1920 (which isn't too bad actually)

 

i like the first canadian small cent, the maple leaf is very pronounced on the reverse.