What is your oldest (non-ancient) coin?

1776 says American liberty

 

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I believe that is a copy louise of a NH liberty tree half cent. IF not a copy is worth big bucks say 30k in AG

 

Oh wow thank for that,so what are the possibilities of it actually being real and is there a way to find out without it getting graded are any authentic markings that an original would have that I should look for

 

I would probably start by asking here (posting good pics of both sides) and if thought real check next with a local dealer I trust.

 

So if a copy would it be worth even the time of getting a grated or would it be more like a situation where they would perhaps want it out of circulation

 

My oldest non-ancient coin is this medieval Umayyad Caliphate silver dirham, minted in the year 738 CE (AD for you old timers).



I thought it was a cool thread. Sorry for the revival, but it's not like it's a 3 or 4 year old thread either.

 

The oldest coin I have is a widow mite and a few Roman coins, either than that fugio 4 cinq, and 1783 Washington and Independence

 

World: 1562 (Hungary)
US colonial: 1738 half reale (I guess it counts, Spanish coins were used more than US coins prior to 1857)
US Mint: 1798 large cent

 

Pushed my oldest back a bit since last I posted here. Henry VIII groat 1526-44.

 

1714 Russian Kopek Peter the Great silver wire coin

EDIT: Looking to sell though so...

My second oldest coin, the 1776 FM Mexico 8 Reales (Mexico City), which was possibly used in the American colonies as the de facto standard currency when the Declaration of Independence was writ.

 

My oldest coin is a 1799 British halfpenny, and my oldest American coin is an 1805 large cent. Both are in pretty sad shape, but hey, they're mine, so I'm happy!!

 

Just so we are clear, my Arabic coin above is not my oldest coin, but it is my oldest non-ancient. My oldest coin dates back to 650-600 BCE, which is at the dawn of coinage and 1,300 years older than the medieval Islamic coin I posted.

 

1689 silver coin from Naples, Italy

 

Half Cent: 1807
Cent: 1797
2c: 1864
3c: 1854
Half Dime: 1853
Nickel:1869
Dime: 1847
Quarter: 1853
Half: 1818
Dollar: 1877
Gold: 1877 ($20)

 

Oldest coin in my all-US collection

 

1643 France Double Tournois, from Plymouth, Mass. ... I bought this when I was 14yrs old and I took it out of the holder and then restapled it cuz I wanted to see the edge lol

 

My oldest US coin, actually a US Colonial coin is this 1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree shilling, large planchet. It bears the date 1652, which is the date the minting operation was authorized. The coins, however, were probably struck as late as 1675.

 

Let's see....I have an 1875 German 10 Pfennig on the World Coin side and an 1845 Large Cent on the US side