What’s the earliest date American coin you own?

I love the really old US coinage.

Especially the Colonial stuff!

The Massachusetts Pine Shilling is one of my favorites.

Yes it could be argued that the pre-1783 stuff isn’t “really” American since the colonies were a part of Britain but I will count anything that was minted within the boundaries of the modern United States.

I would love to see what everyone else has for their oldest US coin.

Mine is a 1799 Draped Bust Dollar.

 

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Mines a 1798 Draped Bust Large Cent, My dad gave it to me as my first coin! I just started coin collecting and he wanted me to start off good. I also went to a gun show( I live in oklahoma so idk if you know what a gun show is or not lol) And i bought a 1899 quarter for 10 dollars. Its pretty cool but yea my oldest is a 1798 Draped Bust Large Cent or penny i guess but it wasnt called that! And yours is great to, they are both worth a decent amount. But its not about pricing, what the most important thought is that its history...in your hands!!

 

Mine is an 1804 Half Cent

 

Mine is this Overton 106a 1825 Bust half dollar -


Have a handful of raw 1830s bust coins, but none as well preserved as this half.

 

I have a Virginia Halfpenny of 1773, but since these were minted in London it doesn't count by your definition. I do have two coins minted under state authority under the Articles of Confederation, a 1788 Massachusetts cent and a 1787 New Jersey cent:


My earliest Federal coin (under the US Constitution) is an 1804 half cent:

 

I dug this little gem . 1787 Connecticut Copper and this 1803 Large Cent .

 

1879 for a Morgan Silver Dollar.

 

What does “Overton” mean anyway?

I have seen it on a lot of Bust Half Dollars.

 

1795 Flowing Hair dollar.

 

This:

 

A very beat up Fugio Cent , Dug 2004 at an old Cellar Hole .

 

1835 25c is as far back as I go.

 

Nice! Ever plan on getting any 18th century pre-1800?

 

This my Massachusetts 1788 cent.

 

1793
Flowing Hair 1793 Chain America w/ Periods (S-4)
Flowing Hair 1793 Wreath / Lettered Edge (S-11c)

And that will be it.
I don't do colonials and the 1792 proposed coins are too expensive.

 

Very nice!!

That coin was minted only 5 years after the end of the American Revolution!

Who knows who might have held it?

John Adams? Samuel Adams? Paul Revere?

Never know

 

https://www.coinworld.com/news/prec...eference-on-early-half-dollars-available.html

 

Detailed variety attribution for Bust halves, akin to VAM for Morgan/Peace or Fortin numbers for Seated Liberty dimes. Name comes from 1967 book "Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836" by Al C. Overton.

https://www.pcgs.com/news/the-complete-overton-a-30-year-quest

 

1652 Oak Tree shilling made some years later.