Your oldest coin pulled from circulation

Oldest:
In the 1960's: a 1909 Indian cent, as I remember it had a full Liberty.

In those days 1909 and '09 VDB cents were no big deal, you just grabbed the nicest one and spent the rest.

 

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My memory doesn't serve me well in this instance, so I'll just post my most recent finds.

1918 cent
1939 nickel

 

1911 cent just a couple of weeks ago

 

ok, found 1907 IHC, and 1909 IHC, also found lincolins,1909,10,11,12,13,16,17,18,19,20,23,25,26,27 and up. beset find is probably my 37 lincoln AU or my 1010 AU,

oh yeah, I have almost a 1/2 roll of those 1919s!!!!

for other coins..I think 1938 nickle, and 34 walker, 28 peice

 

I found a 1912D Barber Half in XF from searching rolls (possibly better as I tend to grade on teh conservative side)

 

Was that recently??

Wow, nice find!

 

My best is an 1894-s Barber half in AG3.

BTW, Were you at the summer seminar at the ANA?

 

I was not and I found this coin about 2-3 months ago in a fresh CWI box (the date on the box was less than a month old).

 

1782! Story's here:

http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=24005

 

That was certainly the find, AgCollector!

I would imagine that my oldest coin from circulation would be an early Wheat Cent, probably something in the teens or twenties, back in the 1970's.

Thalia's is a 1935 Wheat Cent (so far), although that 1952 Canada cent last week was a bit of a surprise also!

 

My wife (then girlfriend) got a 1909 Barber dime in change once at McDonald's. My most interesting personal find isn't the oldest thing I've found, but I got a 1944 Canadian dime at a Thornton's (gas station/convenience store) in Kentucky about 3 years ago.

 

I think AgCollector has us all beat with the 1/2 Real

 

Cent - 1927
Nickel - 1938 (Jefferson)
Dime - 1943-d
Quarter - 1944

All these were at least 10 years ago.

 

Coincidentally I picked up a 1940 Canadian George VI cent. It is in GREAT shape,
but probably not worth much. BTW in Amherst, Massachusetts years ago. I have most
of my Canadian coins from there, where they seem to use them as freely as US coinage.

 

Most certainly it was replaced. Usually I add a bit more regardless of who saves things for me. A little extra helps them remember to save coins that I might be interested in. Oh, to return to those days when the offering plate had many a Walker, Merc or Buffalo!

 

Cent: 1910 Wheatie
Nickel: 1940-D Jefferson

 

Mine was a 1902 Indian Cent in change.

 

1919 cent, about four years ago, in pocket change. Seems like everybody's doing it.

 

I went to the bank yesterday and got 10 rolls of nickels. I got a 1939, 1940, 1940D, and a 1941. You'd have thought I hit the lottery I got so excited!

 

An 1878 Morgan dollar and an 1852 Liberty Seated dime from the father's cash register back in the mid-1970s.

Mark
Coral Springs, FL