What is the Oldest Coin You've Ever Found in Circulation?

What is the oldest coin or bill you've ever found in circulation? I found a 1887 IHC from Wal*Mart change. Roll searching doesn't count. Share a picture if you can!(my camera's too suckish)

 

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Not roll searching, probably a 1918 cent. Roll searching an 1891 back in June.

 

Dang. Too old to remember......

 

Come to think of it, I still have the 1897 Morgan dollar that I saw someone spend at an A&W when I was a little kid and I bought it from the cashier. Does that count?

 

i wouldnt call it roll searching since i didnt find it but a woman at the bank i goto - when my friend was turning in change i was showing them a wheat i found in his change and one of the tellers had just found a 1904 ihc in a roll she opened. i dont have it anymore since my friend had to have it.

 

Probably a penny from the 20's in circulation. Even that is getting tough these days.. usually now find the odd 50/60's nickel...

 

Was at a gift shop in Stanford hospital cashier complained that half dollars were messing her up to another employee. I approached and told her I'll gladly take it.
She handed over an 1878 half
Silver but still 1878 geeze someone's collection got raided

 

1852 dime

 

1889 or 1869 Indian Head Cent the date is worn though

 

Cent; 187X, last date is worn off. Besides that, 1891.
Nickel; 1886 V-Nick
Dime; 1917 Merc
Quarter: '38 Washington
Half dollar: '16 Walker
Dollar: '89 Morgan.

 

Haha! I have you all beat! I found an 1821 dime coming from Safeway U-Scan 2 years ago! :hail:

 

Even when I was eagerly searching through coins in the '60s, I never found anything before the teens-- in fact, it was something special to find a Jefferson nickel from the '30s (and always a 1939 Philadelphia), and even Wheat cents (minted just 10 years before) were hard to find! There was an occasional dateless Buffalo nickel, and once I got a very slick Washington quarter from the '40s.

 

I can't give any specific dates but the coins that I have seen, obtained and spent in general circulation include Peace Dollars, Indian Head Cents, Liberty Nickels, Buffalo Nickles, Mercury Dimes, Standing Liberty Quarters and Franklin Halves. This is back to 1953 or so when i had my first paper route. I don't specifically remember but I'm sure there were a few Morgans and Barbers that passed through my hands too. Yes, I'm older than dirt.

 

an 1806 penny...................

 

I'm not sure I've gotten anything older than a 1903 IHC.

I'm just speculating about what an 1806 US cent would circulate as, today, on this side of the pond...

 

I think an 1806 US cent would be considered a "foreign coin" by the majority of the US population.

 

1898 ihc

 

Probably either a 1918 or 1919 cent I got in change (intentionally) from a coin dealer in Sacramento, or a Buffalo Nickel that had remnants of a date that resembled 1915.

 

I've got a buddy who is a cashier and was given an early 1800's six pence in the place of a dime. He bought it out of his drawer. It was very heavily worn, but still amazing that it was being circulated as a dime.

 

1901 IHC. I´m amazed that there have been so many here that claim they´ve found pieces 50 and nearly 100 years older. I wish I could be so lucky...