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Post your oldest coin find! Whats the oldest we have here on forum?

chrischch		Posted : Thursday, 24 October 2013 8:12:12 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Originally Posted by: number8wire Originally Posted by: chrischch Anything pre 1850 is awesome especially a silver! What year was the holey dollar that I think it was TonzNz found in Dunedin at St Kilda beach? 1813. It was described as an 1813 dump rather than a holey dollar tho. Oh ok, it was the dump not the holey dollar. I couldnt remember but knew it was one of the two. Thanks for that.
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mickey		Posted : Friday, 20 December 2013 12:06:47 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 9/07/2013(UTC) Posts: 135 Location: waitakere Thanks: 528 times Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 79 post(s)		excellent post, thanks 'chrischch'. dug some 'early silver' today. (img) number8wire, can't beat that Turkish hammered. fantastic fella , keep it up. training the dog to sniff out a cart-wheel penny. can i give a big shout-out to Dave. a teacher. http://www.youtube.com/u...ngScotland?feature=watch apart from reading your post and paying attention to Shilo, how else would i recognize mister 'bull-head' before i put me trowel through it? good luck mickey Edited by user Saturday, 21 December 2013 11:53:13 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified mickey attached the following image(s):
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Goldnut		Posted : Friday, 20 December 2013 8:21:32 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 461 Location: Auckland Thanks: 48 times Was thanked: 95 time(s) in 92 post(s)		My oldest coin is my 1834 William the IIII six pence: found it on a beach so it is a little worn.
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Mudwiggle		Posted : Friday, 20 December 2013 6:37:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 22/10/2013(UTC) Posts: 742 Thanks: 182 times Was thanked: 683 time(s) in 317 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Shilo Sad to imagine but in another 100 years there will probably be 2 mates out coin hunting with one of the mates saying " See that small rust patch on the soil? That's a 2013 50c piece!!!" I reckon it'd be good luck if they last 50 years...Mind you, the plastic monopoly notes in circulation now will probably go as long as the Roman coins. I'm still trying to crack the 1900 mark in NZ, but it's out there somewhere in amongst the tear tabs and sinkers... Some very nice loose change on display here. Keep 'em coming.

Djevel		Posted : Friday, 20 December 2013 8:38:33 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 18/08/2013(UTC) Posts: 139 Location: Auckland Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 20 time(s) in 17 post(s)		Second hunt with my XP Deus and I found the most badly damaged unidentifiable coin out, cleaned it and in the right light you can see the bust shape and on the front the Britannia kind of.. date under bust is 18XX and can see a little of the writing around the bust. It's a george the III halfpenny.. only years they made them in 1800's was 1806 and 1807 .. new oldest coin for me :)
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skuzzb		Posted : Sunday, 29 December 2013 7:47:55 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 14/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 33 Location: wanganui Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 3 post(s)		my oldest coin is a 1674 charles II Farthing found in a old local park in Wanganui.must have been out of someones collection because of the age of it File Attachment(s): DSCF3899.JPG DSCF3900.JPG

kiwijim		Posted : Monday, 6 January 2014 9:59:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 28/11/2013(UTC) Posts: 28 Location: Mt Maunganui Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 12 time(s) in 9 post(s)		Howdy all,I have been finding the detecting a bit harder lately and on top of that the beaches are crowded,so I dragged out a few of my older coins and did a bit of reminiscing,but I am a bit confused the two copper coins in the pics both have inverted sides now I know the duller of the two is a cartwheel penny,but the other is slightly smaller and has a serrated edge but is larger than a normal penny.although both are hard to make out any details, they both appear to mirror each other?.The other silver coin I have dated as an 1825 King George 1V Halfcrown,the strange thing is it also has inverted sides the same as a cartwheel penny...anyone have any thoughts...The cartwheel and the Half crown both came from the same park here in Tauranga....thanks jim kiwijim attached the following image(s):

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