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<p>[QUOTE="Joshua Lemons, post: 8141434, member: 82388"]My oldest U.S. coin is an 1828 half cent, info from PCGS. No pictures of the coin because my phone is terrible, but this coin has a very pleasing chocolate brown color and nice eye appeal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419259[/ATTACH] </p><p>The oldest world coin I own is a uniface medieval pfennig from Cologne, Germany. The exact KM# is hard to pinpoint becsuse NGC lacks pictures of all but 1 of the uniface pfennigs of this period. The closest match references Noss 52 as the coin I own. Mine is a bit better struck than this coin, but it has a small hole. These coins are paper thin!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419263[/ATTACH] </p><p>My oldest piece of exonumia is an example of the following coin. Very well struck with an overall pleasing design. A silver plated copper souvenir exists, but this example weighs to the original silver issue. I lucked out on this example. I purchased a pound of world coins with a bonus silver coin included. You guessed it, this was the bonus coin! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419267[/ATTACH] </p><p>And lastly, my oldest and only Greek ancient coin. Actual pictures this time, plus info.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419269[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419268[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joshua Lemons, post: 8141434, member: 82388"]My oldest U.S. coin is an 1828 half cent, info from PCGS. No pictures of the coin because my phone is terrible, but this coin has a very pleasing chocolate brown color and nice eye appeal. [ATTACH=full]1419259[/ATTACH] The oldest world coin I own is a uniface medieval pfennig from Cologne, Germany. The exact KM# is hard to pinpoint becsuse NGC lacks pictures of all but 1 of the uniface pfennigs of this period. The closest match references Noss 52 as the coin I own. Mine is a bit better struck than this coin, but it has a small hole. These coins are paper thin! [ATTACH=full]1419263[/ATTACH] My oldest piece of exonumia is an example of the following coin. Very well struck with an overall pleasing design. A silver plated copper souvenir exists, but this example weighs to the original silver issue. I lucked out on this example. I purchased a pound of world coins with a bonus silver coin included. You guessed it, this was the bonus coin! [ATTACH=full]1419267[/ATTACH] And lastly, my oldest and only Greek ancient coin. Actual pictures this time, plus info. [ATTACH=full]1419269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1419268[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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