What is the oldest coin ?

Don't think so ... That is a coin from Zeeland, one of the Dutch provinces. (The Danish "Sealand" is spelled "Sjælland".) The "2 S" denomination means double stuiver, I think.

The oldest coins I have come across in circulation were the 1948/49 "Bank deutscher Länder" pieces (in the Federal Republic of Germany), and some Swiss coins which were almost 100 years old (don't remember exactly which year). Now where would one find yours in circulation?

Christian

 

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All I know is the is in Whitman world coin book 1 as being from Denmark . I not disagreeing but that what Whitman World coin book # 1 has noted.
along with this one too

 

Growing up in upstate NY you could find this coin at every coin shop in the state almost.
Here one from the Dutch west indies trading company that most call it the New York penny.as so many Dutch people were living there at the time in what now called New York city:kewl: