Hey guys, Thought it would be neat to see everyones oldest US coins. This can include regular issues, patterns, colonial, etc. Post as many of your oldest as you want. Have fun guys:thumb::eat: Here are my oldest two:
This is not nearly as old as the other coins in this thread ... but the condition is nice ... nice luster with a date of 1856 ... it's still 154 years old.
I really like high grades. Tough to find the old coins in high grades. This is as far back as I can go.
My kind of thread. Older issues are my favorite. Here are my two Massachusetts Pine Tree Shillings, large planchet and small planchet. Dated 1652, struck in fact as late as 1682.
I've got a 1795 half cent and a 1798 cent, but I'm waiting for what will be my oldest to arrive. It will be a 1794 cent.
Going to have a tough time going earlier than this 1793 as far as US Mint is concerned: Anyone have a 1792 half dime?
OK, not to be a spoilsport here or anything, but--the thread specifies oldest "U.S." coins. IMHO that means the oldest coins that were made once the United States came into being, or struck under authority of the United States. This would mean the Fugio cents were the earliest, since they were struck in 1787 (after formation of the United States in 1776). If the OP intended the "oldest coins struck in what would later become the United States," then of course the Massachusetts Pine Tree shillings of Eduard (lovely pieces they are, too) would be eligible. Anyone got a NE sixpence or shilling (1652)? PS The 1792 half dismes would be the first (coin that most people consider) regular issues struck under authority of the U.S. Mint, although it is believed they were struck in the basement of one John Harper, as the Mint building in Philadelphia was not yet completed.