Post your oldest US coins!

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by north49guy, May 10, 2010.

  1. north49guy

    north49guy Show me the Money

    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:

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  3. PennyGuy

    PennyGuy US and CDN Copper

    Here is my oldest U.S. coin a Newman 14-O
     

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  4. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    This is my oldest large cent. I think the fugio will be traded or sold, so I will use this one.

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  5. phubanks

    phubanks Junior Member

    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.

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  6. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

  7. tonedcoins

    tonedcoins New Member

    That's a beauty Larry! :eating:
     
  8. Duke Kavanaugh

    Duke Kavanaugh The Big Coin Hunter

  9. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    All of them are nice. Got some larger pictures of that 1856.
     
  10. north49guy

    north49guy Show me the Money

    Beautiful coins all! I love that 1807 Larry!
     
  11. Numismatist47

    Numismatist47 New Member

  12. johnny54321

    johnny54321 aspiring numismatist

    Recent type set purchase:
     

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  13. Lehigh96

    Lehigh96 Toning Enthusiast

    I really like high grades. Tough to find the old coins in high grades. This is as far back as I can go.

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  14. Eduard

    Eduard Supporter**

    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.
     

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  15. giorgio11

    giorgio11 Senior Numismatist

    Nice, nice coins Eduard. Thanks for sharing! George
     
  16. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    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.
     
  17. Numismatist47

    Numismatist47 New Member

    I love that rainbow toning. Beautiful coin.:thumb:
     
  18. Lugia

    Lugia ye olde UScoin enthusiast

    in order 1795 S76b
    1794 S30 1794 S46
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  19. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    Going to have a tough time going earlier than this 1793 as far as US Mint is concerned:

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    Anyone have a 1792 half dime?
     
  20. giorgio11

    giorgio11 Senior Numismatist

    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.
     
  21. Lugia

    Lugia ye olde UScoin enthusiast

    if you read the OP i have no idea what youre rambling about.
     
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