Post your oldest U.S. coin!

You have to give them a little break here. They grew up in an era of English farthings, shillings, pence and pounds or worse yet, Spanish doubloons and pieces of 8. Cents were a brand new concept and and not second nature like it is today. While this would have been the tenth year of the cent, very few of those early cents were actually circulating in comparison with the aforementioned coins. Even today, we still mistakenly call the cent a penny.

 

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Oldest US coin...1783 Nova Constellatio. Crosby 1-A, R4.

 

Oldest coin struck by the US Mint...1795 liberty Cap Large Cent.

 

LoL. I am jealous. Not only is yours in much better condition than mine, but that fraction value... Didn't they have coin inspectors at the mint back then? Genuine, page 101 of Redbook. Nice.

 

The 1840 Eagle I use as my current icon.. FWIW, PCGS AU53

 

Nice rarity with even more history than the 1652 dated issues. Congrats on the stellar recovery. For personal value, my MD finds outweigh anything I buy. HH! Herbie.

 

My oldest is an 1811 O104a half dollar. I need to take a better picture of the reverse, the color is off.

 

OK.. Here's my two oldest, they are almost the exact same age.

 

My oldest is a large cent somewhere between 1800 and 1808. It has been holed at the top and gouged terribly at the date. For $1, I think I did alright.

 

This is my oldest coin all though its barely visible its an 1825 Large Cent I found metal detecting

 

If we are going to be fussy about the "United" part of U.S., then this is my oldest right now:



I do have older Colonials.

 

BTW, what was the limit on "likes" or have we given up on that?

 

undoubtedly dug up, but not by me. found in Vermont, though!

 

Here is my oldest U.S. Coin, and the first to be authorized by the Federal government.

 

Great coins everyone! Especially the old coppers!

Here is my oldest American:
Rosa Americana

And here is my oldest official USA

And my oldest US Federal issue
1795 Lettered Edge