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Whats your oldest penny

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hurrisun
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i found a 1961 it doesnt sound that old but its actually 50 years crazy shit its a canadian penny for the record


Mar 30 2011 2:13AM
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Arabian.
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Possibly Useful factoid: all pennies made before 1984 are worth 1.5 cents because they were made of 100% copper.
Mar 30 2011 2:16AM
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hurrisun
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reeallly cuz i just went through alot of pennies playin penny poker and bettin on oldest pennies and stuff and i have alot of pennies from that age period
Mar 30 2011 2:19AM
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Big_Spence
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i have way too many pennies to look through.
but i found a dollor coin from 1880. and i bill from 1928.
Mar 30 2011 2:46AM
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Big_Spence
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i can picture that being a pretty interesting job.
Mar 30 2011 2:55AM
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Jahrassicpark
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Good tip thanks sir
Mar 30 2011 3:43AM
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eheath
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Damn, i just looked through like 40 pennies i had on my desk and like 10 were older than 84 haha.


My lowest i found was 1964, pretty old.
Mar 30 2011 3:59AM
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Rockhound
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oldest i could find

1946
1944
and a 1943 steel penny,
Mar 30 2011 4:12AM
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DIX~
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1973

pretty disappoint
Mar 30 2011 4:15AM
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skithesprings
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1950, with the wheat instead of the memorial.
Mar 30 2011 5:20AM
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EL_TIGRE
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out of the pennies in my backpack, 1964 is the oldest
Mar 30 2011 8:47AM
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Zimmerman
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1903 BITCHEZZ

it's an indian head. Quite the rarity.

Mar 30 2011 8:56AM
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SassySloth
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2006 Yeeee
Mar 30 2011 9:00AM
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wreck.yoself
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canadian one from 1917 I think is the oldest ive had
Mar 30 2011 9:09AM
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HenniferLopez
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working as a cashier for a fast food place is the best way to find coins. So much money coming in and the people coming through aren't..the sharpest tools in the shed so they don't usually notice the special change they're handing me. This summer alone I found 71 wheatback pennies, 9 of which were steel pennies, one indian head (1901 - my oldest) a bunch of silver dimes that I can't find right now and an entire roll of silver quarters (thats a shit ton of pricey silver for all you noobs). I ruv collecting coins.
Mar 30 2011 10:24AM
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bangarangmules
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Only had 3 in my dorm room, but one was from 1961.
Mar 30 2011 10:27AM
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DGski
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like 1980 i think
Mar 30 2011 12:01PM
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eldridge
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wheat penny from 1904 mothafuckas
Mar 30 2011 12:02PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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324 bc roman coin that was swallowed by Jupiter in a demonstration of his power to the lowly people. i got it in my change at taco bell.
Mar 30 2011 12:04PM
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Juice.Doctor
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I have a coin that's gold and counts as a dollar... What are they called? I actualy have a few of them untouched by human hands. My gpa collects them
Mar 30 2011 12:07PM
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eldridge
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not gonna lie, moderate lulz were had
Mar 30 2011 12:16PM
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talaga
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My grandma and I took back all her coins that she was saving up to this coin expo, seriously there was like 3 briefcases full of like less than 1900-1970 quarters, pennies,nickles and dimes. It took like 4 hours to sort through all of them there, but we came out with over 2 grand in money
Mar 30 2011 12:23PM
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artfullydodged
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1892 wheat penny. Get at me collectors.
Mar 30 2011 12:46PM
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E.C.
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1978 haha well thats in my room at school. back home i know i have some from the 40's
Mar 30 2011 12:58PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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Got a quarter from like the 30's, it's actual silver, youcan bounce it off a table and it makes a much higher pitch ring than any new quarter. pretty cool I guess.
Mar 30 2011 1:04PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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it is indeed an amazing sounds. its how i found it actually, just got it with normal change but as I was clanking two quarters together in my pocket i could tell something was different.

yeah I figured it wasn't all silver even back then.
Mar 30 2011 1:17PM
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Steve-Brown
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1952
americano penny
Mar 30 2011 1:37PM
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skirace1
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does a 1802 half cent count?
Mar 30 2011 1:42PM
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corona
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1896 British penny someone threw me while busking
Mar 30 2011 1:51PM
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skithesprings
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not impressed. my parents just recently emptied a 5 gallon bucket full of change and it had 1600 dollars in it. so you basically got face value and some coin snobs probably ripped you off for some really valuable coins.
Mar 30 2011 1:54PM
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hurrisun
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id rather get ripped off by coin nerds than be a coin nerd
Mar 30 2011 8:04PM
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skithesprings
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whats your point? i'm just saying that it's no surprise that he got 2000 dollars for 2000+ dollars worth of coins. i don't know shit about coins and you can bet i've never collected one, but it doesn't take a genius to run that shit through a coin counter before you sell to some retard who tells you how much its all worth.
Mar 30 2011 8:47PM
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hurrisun
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nerd
Mar 30 2011 8:48PM
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SkiThe603
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1 a.c
Mar 30 2011 9:02PM
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j.saaaarela
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got me 3 steel pennies. one from each mint (Denver, SF, and PA).

oldest... i think i have a 1934 around here somewhere
Mar 30 2011 10:02PM
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.Hugo.
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1940 and i have 5 of them from that year just sitting in my dorm room
Mar 30 2011 10:19PM
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Davy.Crockett
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yeah 1957 for me.

its kinda weird to just think about how much that penny has been through. 5 decades in us history. pretty cool
Mar 30 2011 10:33PM
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DERS.
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if anyone has a 1943 copper penny id gladly take it from them... its not special or anything
Mar 30 2011 10:35PM
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squibble
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what happens when we gather all our pennies? is it profitable?
Mar 30 2011 10:36PM
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84891jnf92048
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holy fuck, do want.
Mar 30 2011 10:38PM
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j.saaaarela
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... didnt think they made coppers in '43?... all steel i thought
Mar 30 2011 10:41PM
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KellyK
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doesn't exist noob. i used to have a 1910 but i lost my whole collection :( granted that was in like 4th grade, i've since moved on.
Mar 30 2011 10:43PM
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DUKES
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1981 b.c.
Mar 30 2011 10:45PM
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erica
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1942
Mar 30 2011 11:14PM
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artfullydodged
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I'll get a pic of it dude, im not sure exactly what the date is, but i know its in the 1890's.
Mar 30 2011 11:17PM
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KellyK
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wheat pennies weren't made til 1909. you may have a indian head penny?
Mar 30 2011 11:24PM
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artfullydodged
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could be right, its been tucked away in my closet for years so i forget the details
Mar 30 2011 11:29PM
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sampsihoyos
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1863 no joke. woah
Mar 31 2011 1:13AM
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skithesprings
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fucking retard
Mar 31 2011 1:28AM
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Steeze_Minister
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oldest penny was 1952
Mar 31 2011 8:55PM
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