I have a question for Canadians and Americans in this forum
that year is the oldest coin that you have found circulating in the change?
in my country(Spain) to have the Euro. oldest coins are from 1999.
before the euro with the peseta, sometimes the last years I was circulating 1 Peseta 1944
In the USA, coins from the 1960s are still common in circulation. I find at least one such coin per week in my pocket change. From my experience, I estimate that 25% of currently circulating coins in the US are at least 30 years old, and 10% of it is over 40.
If you are lucky, you can find an older cent or nickel in circulation. Over the course of one year, I will find about a handful of low-value coins from the first half of the 20th century. The oldest nickel I've found was a 1920, and the oldest cent I've found is a 1903. It is possible but unlikely that you could find an 1866 nickel or 1857 cent in circulation, since that was the beginning of the sizes and compositions that are used today. (The cent switched from bronze to zinc in 1982, but there are enough bronze cents still circulating that older ones can still hide among them.)
Silver dimes and quarters from before 1965 are rare in circulation. I find silver dimes a few times a year, my oldest dime being a 1935. Silver quarters are very difficult to find in circulation, and I've only come across one, a 1962.
Half dollars and dollar coins don't really circulate at all. Because halves don't circulate, there are plenty of old half dollars mixed among the newer ones. If you are patient and ask around at banks, you might find halves from the 1940s or earlier, but this takes dedicated effort. Dollar coins only go back to 1979, the year the diameter was reduced. The larger old dollar coins can be found at banks with some effort like half dollars. I've found dollars from 1971 this way, and I've heard of lucky collectors finding 1879-1935 silver dollars. Again, these coins don't circulate, they just pile up in the banks and are often ignored. In daily life, most Americans never see a coin worth more than $0.25.
Whatever happened to all those peseta coins in Spain? Do they still turn up from time to time?
Great answer Cerulean, I have found a few silver coins, but very few. I still find wheat pennies but even those are getting taken out by collectors like us. Nickles are the oldest coins in circulation, the Jefferson nickle that is.
I have a whole bucket of low value coins,(extras) many are pre Euro, and no one on numista has ever wanted any, what should I do with them all? are they just trash coins?
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Απόσπασμα: redsmithstudiosI have a whole bucket of low value coins,(extras) many are pre Euro, and no one on numista has ever wanted any, what should I do with them all? are they just trash coins?
Speaking as one of the few non-bullion, but rather coin collectors here, I collect what you bullion dealers describe as "low value" coins. They may not have scrap metal value, but to me they have immense socio-historic value.
If you dont want them, please do send them to me. I can assure you I shant melt them down for scrap, nor hoard them for their gold or silver content (which they don't have of course) but rather treasure them in their own historical right.
Απόσπασμα: redsmithstudiosI have a whole bucket of low value coins,(extras) many are pre Euro, and no one on numista has ever wanted any, what should I do with them all? are they just trash coins?
Trade them with American users like me! In general, collectors in one hemisphere want coins from the other hemisphere. To illustrate my point, the majority of coins I've shipped to Europe are coins from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Most Numista members are Europeans, for whom pre-euro coins are from their own backyard. Collectors from the Western Hemisphere will have more demand for pre-euro European coins.
The exception is African coins.... everybody wants African coins.
Matt, I am no dealer, I don't own any gold, and I liked silver when it was cheap ($4) I have always liked silver, and copper too. I have never sold a single coin and only have just gotten into swapping, and I only use numista. But really no one needs more than one coin of each type, and the rest are worthless, its like 50 pounds of coins, I don't even know what shipping would cost. I bought them off of a guy for $4 a pound, and I think it was a bad deal for me. I should probably see if I can sell them for $5 a pound there are a ton of duplicates.
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Απόσπασμα: CeruleanTrade them with American users like me! In general, collectors in one hemisphere want coins from the other hemisphere. To illustrate my point, the majority of coins I've shipped to Europe are coins from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Most Numista members are Europeans, for whom pre-euro coins are from their own backyard. Collectors from the Western Hemisphere will have more demand for pre-euro European coins.
The exception is African coins.... everybody wants African coins.
Yea, I guess I thought they were worthless because everyone has a ton of them on here, if you go to any given coin page for Europe you will see about 50 people willing to swap them. And its my Caribbean coins that everyone wants. is there a swapping site for US users?
should I separate out all the Europe coins and see how many are there?
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Απόσπασμα: redsmithstudiosis there a swapping site for US users?
World Coin Gallery runs a swapping system and is largely populated by Americans, although most of the trade prospects I've gotten through WCG are still Eastern Europeans. The biggest downside of the WCG trade system is that it only trades by type, not by year or mintmark. Also, the WCG database has many more errors in it than Numista does. I've let my WCG trade profile lapse and have focused on trading exclusively through Numista, the most thorough and accurate coin database and most user-friendly trading system online.
very extensive and very complete explanation
Spanish currency before euro, were withdrawn by the banks in March 2002
from January to March 2002 circulated together peseta and euro
people got rid of pesetas and adapts very quickly to the euro
even people kept silver coins of 2000 pesetas (12 euros) used them in the stores in those 3 months
after march Peseta coins melted metals and used for other things
with the aluminum of this piece
Απόσπασμα: redsmithstudiosMatt, I am no dealer, I don't own any gold, and I liked silver when it was cheap ($4) I have always liked silver, and copper too. I have never sold a single coin and only have just gotten into swapping, and I only use numista. But really no one needs more than one coin of each type, and the rest are worthless, its like 50 pounds of coins, I don't even know what shipping would cost. I bought them off of a guy for $4 a pound, and I think it was a bad deal for me. I should probably see if I can sell them for $5 a pound there are a ton of duplicates.
Sorry mate, I misunderstood you. when you said "worthless" you were refering to duplicates you didn't want to keep, I thought you meant non-precious metals. Yes I have a mass of French pre-Euro coins (as do many other Numista users) which are superflous to my requirements, and also Belgin pre-Euros and Spanish. Both likewise. I am keeping an ear open for any young children getting into collecting to pass some of them on to.
I have given many away to children hoping to get them into collecting. I am glad to hear you say it to, and I recommend giving them away. Coins would be great tools for education, they tell about history and geography as well as metal, value, and culture. I think every coin has a value but 50 extra pounds is a little to many for me, and if you can't sell or swap them then sadly, they are worthless.
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Well, I am a Canadian and once, a client gave me a 1872 Indian Head Cent when she handed me the money In very bad shape but I'd never thought I'd be paid with that lollllll (and in Canada, not in USA). I kept it as a souvenir .
Si tu cognes ta tête contre une cruche et que ça sonne creux, ce n'est pas forcément la cruche... lollll mon proverbe préféré !
sometime I will throw a wheat cent or two into circulation, these are from the 30's or 40's. I know it gives some people a thrill to find it. As for Jefferson nickels, I often find them in circulation from the 1940's.
Again, in Canada, wheat cents are not hard to find in circulation. I work as a cahsier in a small grocery store, so I can every kind of that stuff. I think I find wheat cents every week or so, sometimes two or three in a single day, I'm not sure if I already saw some from the 1910's, but I think I sometimes get some from the 1920's and the 1930's onward. Silver Canadian coins sometimes show up, but it's not very often. I got a 5 or a 10 cent silver coin of 1919, once.
Si tu cognes ta tête contre une cruche et que ça sonne creux, ce n'est pas forcément la cruche... lollll mon proverbe préféré !
How lucky to find coins with 50 or 60 years in both Canada and the USA
should be fun to find to find coins George Vi buying
we only find coins with our King Juan Carlos I
I noticed that,unlike other countries,we do not demonetize our money,or recall older currency and replace it with new often. I believe it is one leading factor as to why the economy in the US is strong. But in the same instance,in every business you need to write off losses,and that is another reason we are also in so much debt.
When it comes to what is the oldest coinage I have found. well I have found early wheat pennies,from the 30's on occasion I do stumble on 1960's half dollars. maybe a buffalo nickel from the 30's but most of those are collected by collectors and hoarded away. there are instances where people have collected hundreds,if not thousand+ pounds of wheat pennies.
Απόσπασμα: james wolfe heres a good one!!! look it up???
How is it possible ? We're only in 2011 and I haven't found yet those of 2011 Maybe it's a mistake and worth much more . Do you have some more to swap lolllll
Si tu cognes ta tête contre une cruche et que ça sonne creux, ce n'est pas forcément la cruche... lollll mon proverbe préféré !
In very bad shape but I'd never thought I'd be paid with that lollllll (and in Canada, not in USA). I kept it as a souvenir 
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