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Posted : Saturday, 28 January 2012 2:44:32 PM(UTC)
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hahaha shane check again..i got 7 silvers that haul...lmao...will have to go through mine to find out what the oldest is......exculding those beach ones.
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Posted : Saturday, 28 January 2012 3:15:46 PM(UTC)
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Hi Shane,

Spent a few days in your neck of the woods a couple of weeks ago. Oldest I pulled up was an 1875 penny and an 1881 halfpenny.

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Posted : Saturday, 28 January 2012 3:53:08 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: creamer Go to Quoted Post
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Something about those pennies, the very first one I found was in very bad condition and is hard to tell what it is.
One park here, there must be hundreds, I've pulled about a dozen out so far, it was also where I found my first two silvers.
Never thought coins would interest me but once you have them they are hard to part with!

Exactly. Coins become interesting when you go hunting for them, whether it be a 1 cent piece or a penny.
Thats a good haul you got there Poohbear. 4 silvers in one hunt is cool but that 1879 penny is even cooler. Whats the oldest coin any of us have found here in NZ. My oldest is a 1854 penny token.

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My oldest coin found so far is an 1845 East India Trading Company 1 cent piece. It is very similar to an English penny of the same age.
I also have an 1868 English penny in very rough condition.
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Posted : Saturday, 28 January 2012 3:55:17 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: nzpoohbear40 Go to Quoted Post
hahaha shane check again..i got 7 silvers that haul...lmao...will have to go through mine to find out what the oldest is......exculding those beach ones.

Oops, dont know where i got 4 from, 7 is pretty impressive. I like this old coin thing. After finding hundreds of coins it boiling down to the oldest one. I think Hatter found some 1840 coins or somewhere round then. Interested in hearing what others have found.

Nice one Gjj109 and Metalkiwi. Im keeping a short record of these old coin finds as they are particularly interesting. There just may be a late 18 century one out there. Wouldnt that be something.

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Posted : Saturday, 28 January 2012 4:41:22 PM(UTC)
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I thin the oldest silver I've found is an 1872 florin, from our favourite spot - Hagley Park.
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Posted : Saturday, 28 January 2012 5:58:20 PM(UTC)
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Oldest coin is a 1806 to 1808 George III penny - too corroded to verify the date but this type of penny was only made during those 3 years. My oldest silver so far is an 1844 half crown. Both coins were beach finds with the 1/2 crown from when a stream washed out the sand to base clay. A year ago tomorrow actually! Surprisingly the old penny was found in the dry sand.

Kiwijm scored a Cartwheel last month. A Cartwheel is well up near the top of my wish list as it would be cool to break into the 1700's. They pre-date European settlement but the old timers must have brought some with them!
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Posted : Saturday, 28 January 2012 11:58:29 PM(UTC)
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I have completed an exhaustive analysis of my British pennies and have compiled the following statics:

1850’s = 1
1860’s = 3
1870’s = 4
1880’s = 4
1890’s = 4
1900’s = 12
1910’s = 25
1920’s = 15
1930’s = 25
1940’s = 1

oldest silvers

three pence = 1889
six pence = 1880
shilling = 1882
florin = 1852
half crown = 1900
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Posted : Sunday, 29 January 2012 12:00:58 AM(UTC)
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ok search through my 102 penny's and 40 half penny's and this is what i came up with..

I have 10 coins PRE 1900...all pennys..mu oldest is 1873

I Have 1 silver that might be older but it is that badly worn that i cant see a date on it..but it has the young queen on it of the late 1800's series of coins..

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Posted : Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:32:37 AM(UTC)
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I have four pre 1900 coins.

1834 English sixpence .925 silver

1854 Australia penny token

1882 France 50 cent .800 silver

1895 English sixpence .925 silver

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Posted : Sunday, 29 January 2012 11:30:23 AM(UTC)
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I have a 1837 token which looks just like a coin.....found a 1889 penny just inside gate of a big Motueka park a few weeks ago. Scored $140 odd in goldies from the four playgrounds there! Guess there hadnt been hit in a while lol
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Posted : Sunday, 29 January 2012 1:49:49 PM(UTC)
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I have a 1837 token which looks just like a coin.....found a 1889 penny just inside gate of a big Motueka park a few weeks ago. Scored $140 odd in goldies from the four playgrounds there! Guess there hadnt been hit in a while lol


That is an amazing goldies take Chris. Good on you.
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Posted : Sunday, 29 January 2012 10:07:48 PM(UTC)
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Add this one to the collection. 1834 silver sixpence.

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