What is the oldest coin ?

1. What is the oldest coin you have ever gotten in change? What was the type, date, approximate condition, and when did you find it?

2. What is the oldest one you heard someone else find?

In my case:

1. A 1905 Indian Head cent in rough condition found in 2008.

2. I overheard someone at a coin shop in 2004 that they heard about someone finding a 1796 Draped Bust Small Eagle Quarter. I'm not sue I believe that. Is it possible?

 

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1919 wheat cent - AC or about crappy, worn almost smoth. Almost every non-collector I know has found like one or two IHC's in change. But noooo - not me.

 

in CHANGE would probably be a 1941 silver quarter in XF condition worth about melt. my oldest in COIN ROLL HUNTING would be an 1882 IHC in VF30 condition with a nice green tint. Caint wait to read more stories on this!:thumb:

 

Can't remember the dates though I have gotten a few IHC's

 

Don't know the dates, but in my paper-boy years I regularly got IHC's; SLQ's; Barber and Mercury Dimes; Barber Quarters and Halves; and Liberty and Buffalo Nickles. Even through my college and post military years it wasn't unusual to find IHC's and SLQ's, along with loads of Mercurys and Buffalos.

 

the oldest coin ive gotten in change was a 1943 mercury but the oldest coin ive found was a 1905 IH. i got it when i worked as a cashier last year. an older lady came in and bought some things at our highway robbery prices(i actually worked on the highway) and for the change portion she pulled out a hand full of change and put it on the counter and in a group of cents i saw the indian and my heart started racing in hopes she didnt realize that there was a small jewel on the counter. well luckily she didnt see it and as soon as she walked out i bought it outa my till... man i miss working there, i probably pulled about $1.00 in face of silver and dozens of wheats in 8 months

 

In change, a 1910 Lincoln cent, Fine.

 

1919 wheatie. Horrible condition, can barely make out the date lol. But it's still a cool coin to have.

 

In change a 1918 Lincoln. In roll searches I have found four Indians in the past year - 1891, 1904 and two 1907s. I found three of those IHC's just last month. In roll searches I have found three Liberty nickels in the last month, a 1903, a 1905, and a 1910. Two of them were from rolls from the same day when I could only buy $10 worth of nickels.

 

I can't remember the date, but I got an IHC in change.
I have heard of someone getting a three cent nickel in change (as a nickel) at a Burger King, Wouldn't that be cool.

 

An 1898 IHC, brown, G, received it in change.

 

1908 liberty roll searching

1937 Wheat Cent in change

 

I have also gotten 3 buffalo's oldest being 1916, a 1941 canadian nickel and a 1916 wheat cent all roll searching. My brother found a 1947 walking liberty half in an old barn.

The funny thing is the first five rolls of nickels I ever did I got the buffalo nickel and the 41 canadian cent, got hooked on roll searching ever since. CRAZY

 

1737 Denmark 2 Skilling &1795 Manchester 1/2 penny

 

I've found a couple of silver dimes, a silver Washington Quarter, and several wheats in change. I don't do roll searches often, but I found a silver dime, a war nickel, a 1938 XF Jefferson Nickel and a 1970 S proof Jefferson. There's a bank that I drive by at night that just looks like it has rolls with all kinds of silver in them. Ha! I keep saying to myself "Go in there". It's just a feeling.

 

Change - grandmother found an 1899 IHC Me? I don't remember.

CRH: Found a 1908 and 1912 Liberty head nickel, and also a 1941 Quarter - Many buffalos - one 1919, and a few 1938 and one 1938-S jefferson

 

1916 Lincoln cent in G.

 

1889 Liberty Head Nickel in G-4 condition.

 

when i wasnt a collector i got a (know i know) flying eagle cent. And now it somewhere in curculation or in someones collection. oh well. i can always get another one from my coin dealer

 

Oldest coin was a Lincoln cent from the teens; I also got a Buffalo nickel a few years back where what was left of the date appeared to be from the teens.

Of course, I've also been known to drop an old coin into change for National coin week.