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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;giorgio11, post: 886754, member: 17094&quot;]OK, not to be a spoilsport here or anything, but--the thread specifies oldest &quot;U.S.&quot; 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 &quot;oldest coins struck in what would later become the United States,&quot; 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)?</p><p><br /></p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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