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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mad Stax, post: 24830232, member: 79993&quot;]<span style="color: #000000">In commemoration of ten years of coin collecting and finding my (tied for) oldest coin from the wild a week ago today I was curious as to what the oldest coins I ever found in circulation were. I looked into it and figured I&#039;d share the results with all of you. I&#039;d love to hear about everyone else&#039;s oldest finds as well. And if you have pics, even better! Everyone loves a little eye candy! Anyway without further ado..</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">#5</span><span style="color: #000000">..This is the coin that started it all for me. I always had a fascination with coins but I had this false belief that in order to begin a half decent collection you needed a fair amount of investment capital. Anywho, i used to toss any foreign coins I came across in this little yellow Easter basket I had had for many years. One day in 2013 I felt a sudden urge to take a look at what I had. Upon digging through the coins I found a really old one. 1911!! I said to myself, &#039;Wow! I wonder what country this is from?&#039; Well I&#039;d be darned.. it was from the United States of America! Uncovering that little piece of history awakened the dormant numismatist in me. Here she is, the one that kickstarted this wonderful journey..</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">1911 V Nickel</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">[ATTACH=full]1589999[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">#4</span>..A few years back we used to have a snack vending machine in the backroom at work. One day my stomach was growling so I decided to grab a bag of chips. Before I inserted my money I noticed a coin in the reject tray. To my surprise it was a cent. To my even greater surprise it was the oldest coin I had found at the time, and would hold that title for a few years. It&#039;s very worn but it&#039;s beautiful to me nonetheless..</p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">1910 Wheat Cent</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">[ATTACH=full]1590005[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">#3</span><span style="color: #000000">..I work 3rd shift. A couple of years ago I was stuck late at work in the morning. However I didn&#039;t mind because (a) it would make for a better paycheck at weeks end and (b) Taco Bell would be open by the time I left! So I hit up T Bell after my shift. A few tacos, a cheesy fiesta potato and a cheesy gordita crunch. Delicious! Per the usual I paid with cash. In my change something stuck out like a sore thumb. When it comes to Wheaties your boys got eagle eyes! And judging by the look of it, despite the nice condition, it appeared to be an older wheat. I flipped to the obverse.. lo and behold, my first ever first year wheat cent. I flipped back to the reverse and got another nice little surprise at 6:00! To this day it is my most prized cent that I&#039;ve ever pulled out of circulation. Judging by the condition I assume that it was in the hand of other collector(s) for a long stretch of time..</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">1909VDB Wheat Cent</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">[ATTACH=full]1590006[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">#1(tie)</span><span style="color: #000000">..The only entry in my top 5 from my coin roll hunting days. It&#039;s in rough condition but as they say, &#039;beauty is in the eye of the beholder.&#039; Because it&#039;s still a gem to me and it&#039;s the only coin of its type that I found in many, many nickel rolls..</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">1907 V Nickel</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">[ATTACH=full]1590007[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">#1(tie)</span><span style="color: #000000">..Last but not least is a coin I found in a CoinStar reject tray last week and the only coin of its type that I have ever found in the wild. The only silver coin on this list. You may say he&#039;s developed a few wrinkles over the years but hey, if by some miracle I make it to 116 years old I hope I look half this good..</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">1907 Barber Dime</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">[ATTACH=full]1590008[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3">RECAP:</span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3">5.1911 Nickel</span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3">4.1910 Cent</span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3">3.1909VDB Cent</span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3">T1.1907 Nickel</span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3">T1.1907 Dime</span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">It seems that that five year window is my sweet spot. One of these days I&#039;ll find a nineteenth century coin in the wild. I have played around with my new metal detector a little bit this fall but I have a bunch of hunting spots in mind for when I really begin in earnest in the spring. Perhaps I&#039;ll pull one out of the dirt!? In the meantime happy hunting and happy holidays. If you&#039;d like to share your oldest finds we&#039;d love to see them!</span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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