Scottishmoney Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 My grandmother grew up during the 1930s and remembered finding IHCs from time to time. One time she said she had a cent with an eagle on it, must have been a flying eagle cent - but alas the penny candy jar beckoned and she spent it. BTW Just Carl - I have found cents that have been filed down to dime size in roll searches. I conjecture that they must have been filed down to use in pay phone slots. I remember when I was in a coin club back in the 1980s we had an older member whose father owned a service station during the 1930s and got a half dime in payment as a dime and was quite unhappy about getting ripped off! Similarly I have heard anecdotal tales of people finding 3c pieces in change as dimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 As a kid I think the oldest thing I ever got in change was a 1919 cent, quite badly worn. Of course it was the early 70s then so I can only claim that coin was 50+ years old. On the other hand just today I noticed one of the cents I had in my pocket yesterday was a 1926 and it is in VF-30 to boot. That sucker is 87 years old. Not as valuable as the 1944 quarter I got in change a couple of years ago, though. It's a bit more common to get nickels from the 1940s (not the silver ones though) in change here as that design has not changed since 1938. I was picking through a dealer's junk and found at least one Swiss piece from the late 1800s as well, and not in noticeably bad condition, confirming what Jazinta said earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWISS89 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 The oldest coin I fount in circulation was in Switzerland a 20 Rappen coin from 1881 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Yet more evidence, if you want old stuff handed to you by a cashier, go to Switzerland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambooski Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Does anyone know about that for sure? I mean, would it be like finding a wheat penny to find something from 1881? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Swiss coins had unchanged compositions etc, especially the 5, 10 and 20 rappen coins. So yes indeed it is is possible to find 100+ year old coins that do not stand out for anything but the date on the coin which a lot of people never look at or care anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambooski Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 My understanding is the the nickel 5 rappen doesn't circulate anymore - does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazinta Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 It's very hard to get one of those, because now it's in brass since the early 1990s. But you can still get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 I haven't gotten any really old Swiss coins in change, but I find the 20 rappen and half franc coins in change in the USA occasionally as 5 cent and 10 cent coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazinta Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 I haven't gotten any really old Swiss coins in change, but I find the 20 rappen and half franc coins in change in the USA occasionally as 5 cent and 10 cent coins. Really? I never get Swiss coins here. But you're lucky, because 1/2 franc is a lot more than 10 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Really? I never get Swiss coins here. But you're lucky, because 1/2 franc is a lot more than 10 cents. I have found them in dime rolls, but they also end up in the reject tray of the coin machine at the bank. The most valuable coin exchange wise that I have gotten a couple of from the reject tray are the Latvian 1 Lats coins that are worth $1.80 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazinta Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 I have found them in dime rolls, but they also end up in the reject tray of the coin machine at the bank. The most valuable coin exchange wise that I have gotten a couple of from the reject tray are the Latvian 1 Lats coins that are worth $1.80 each. Once I was in vacation in Spain, and my little brother discovered 10 Kuwait dinars in the room, and in that time it was $36. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamFLight911 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Once I was in vacation in Spain, and my little brother discovered 10 Kuwait dinars in the room, and in that time it was $36. nice Got 12 British Pounds the other day worth $18.25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Last night searching through $60 in rolled cents I found a German 5 pfennig from 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Oh, I found 5 different cent coins dated 1920, 1928, 1929(x2) and 1934. The rest of the finds were 40s and 50s wheats and a couple of George VI cents from the 40s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Just went thru the last two weeks of poket change in the bowl, a 1966 Rosevelt dime and a 1955 D wheatie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 1933 halfpenny someone used it as a 2p just come back from japan, where i got a 1964 1 yen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 1933 halfpenny someone used it as a 2p just come back from japan, where i got a 1964 1 yen I always wondered if 1/2d would get passed as 2p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazinta Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Last night searching through $60 in rolled cents I found a German 5 pfennig from 1981. It's a nice souvenir, and you can still exchange for euros. I did that many years ago with my Franc coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Aside from Canadian coins the most coins I find from another country are British, ie 1 penny, 5 pence and 20 pence coins. I even find them in Brinks rolls. The oldest British I have found is a tanner(sixpence) from 1949 that was masquerading as a cent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoinGeezer Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Just got a 1946 Roosevelt dime from a CoinStar machine reject slot the other day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambooski Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Ok, I feel really dumb, but where and what is a CoinStar Reject Bin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Her Majesty, aka my 8 year old daughter found her first 100 year old coin today, a dateless buffalo with a mound on the reverse - a 1913. She is stoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Good for her, it is always nice when the younguns get pumped about something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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