The Oldest Coin You Have In Your Wallet

Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:37 pm

Random topic time! lol

The oldest one I have is currently a 10 Danish Kroner coin from 1989 ;P

It's amazing though... this coin moved from hand to hand and from purse to purse for 22 years O: :toughninja:


What's the oldest coin in your wallet right now?


And yes. I said in your purse so it doesn't count if you collect coins and you have one from the 18th century or something :P

EDIT: Thanks Freddo for changing the name of the topic! :D
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Anna Kyselova
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:16 pm

I don't own a purse.
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Kelvin
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:23 am

I keep a small money pouch for quarters and I looked and the oldest one I have is from 1965. I wonder how many people touched that quarter in 46 years lol.
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Jade Muggeridge
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:53 am

I have a wallet, and 1974 last time I checked

I have a 1927 australian penny, but I don't carry that in my wallet.

EDIT: My grandad is one of those coin collectors.
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Laura Hicks
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:50 am

I don't own a purse.

Me neither but on my desk I do have a 1969 50p coin
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Lyndsey Bird
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:43 am

I have a coin collection somewhere but for the life of me, I can't find it. It's probably in the vacuum cleaner.
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saharen beauty
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:14 am

1999... the euro is not exactly an old currency :P
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Emma Copeland
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:16 am

1999... the euro is not exactly an old currency :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGbK_H1O8PI :foodndrink: :celebration:
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Amy Cooper
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:12 am

1912 Half Penny B)
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LittleMiss
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:12 pm

Well, I have a pebble. Cavemen used that as currency, does that count?
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darnell waddington
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:28 pm

1978
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Katie Louise Ingram
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:41 pm

Australian 20 cent coin in my wallet is from 1968
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JLG
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:17 am

a 5 Swedish Crown coin from 1982.
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Vickey Martinez
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:27 pm

A British Half Penny from 1937, with George VI on it.
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Jack
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:36 am

I'm still too confused by the decimalisation of British currency to even look.
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Elena Alina
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:32 am

A 20p from 1982
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Laura Tempel
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:10 pm

10 cent from 1999. I don't think you can find any older euros than that?
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Hayley O'Gara
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:28 am

In my POCKET I just found a 1979 Lincoln Memorial cent, or penny.

"If your Lincoln Memorial penny has a date before 1982, it is made of 95% copper. If the date is 1983 or later, it is made of 97.5% zinc and plated with a thin copper coating."

I have never seen or held a Euro in person.
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m Gardner
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:49 am

the oldest coin in my pocket is a 1965 quarter. In my coin collection, it is an 1844 half dollar, but it is in terrible condition.
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tannis
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:36 am

What's fun about the euro is that there are lots of different designs for the coins since each country issues its own euros, it's really cool to see euros from all over Europe. Right now I have coins from France, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Austria (I think) in my wallet. I love the harp on the Irish coin. It's impressive to imagine how much distance some of these coins have already travelled since the euro was introduced in 99.

10 cent from 1999. I don't think you can find any older euros than that?

I don't think you can, the euro was only introduced in 1999

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGbK_H1O8PI :foodndrink: :celebration:

:laugh:
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Benji
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:44 am


I have never seen or held a Euro in person.

You ain't missing much. Stupid 20c pieces that look like pounds from a distance...
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Nims
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:21 am

Well, in my wallet is a 2 dollar bill. :teehee:
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Jake Easom
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:01 am

You ain't missing much. Stupid 20c pieces that look like pounds from a distance...

That doesn't make much sense, most coins (dollars, pounds, euros...) look really similar "from a distance". I think euros look similar to French francs myself, doesn't mean euros look stupid
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Caroline flitcroft
 
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:25 am

That doesn't make much sense, most coins (dollars, pounds, euros...) look really similar "from a distance". I think euros look similar to French francs myself, doesn't mean euros look stupid


All of the British coins are of different shapes and sizes, which makes distinguishing between them a lot easier, whereas the Euro denominational coins are much more similar to one another making them harder for someone who doesn't use them regularly (such as myself) to tell apart. I've had enough awkward moments on the continent handing over the wrong change to put me off the currency. Then again, I do think the two-tone 1 and 2 Euro coins are rather pretty though. :)

In response to the OP's question though, the oldest coin in my pocket is a 1992 ten pence piece. I haven't seen many pre-1990 coins around recently.
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Post » Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:36 am

All of the British coins are of different shapes and sizes, which makes distinguishing between them a lot easier, whereas the Euro denominational coins are much more similar to one another making them harder for someone who doesn't use them regularly (such as myself) to tell apart. I've had enough awkward moments on the continent handing over the wrong change to put me off the currency. Then again, I do think the two-tone 1 and 2 Euro coins are rather pretty though. :)

Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining :) I had the same problem with dollar banknotes and with UK coins (really!), although they look different they all looked the same to me, as stupid as it may sound. A stewardess who noticed that even tried to take advantage of it by keeping my change, once. I guess it's just a question of getting used to it.
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