Friday Timewaster

[Chris Quinn]

I have a 2p coin[^] from 1971 - the very year that Britain went decimal! It will be made of real bronze, unlike the modern copper coated steel - I may sell it for its scrap value!

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[Maximilien]

1986 US 1 cent. 1986 Can 1 cent.

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[S Houghtelin]

Here in the states it's quite surprising what you can find in a handful of change, I still occasionally find pennies from 20's on. They still look very much the same as more contemporary pennies with Lincoln on them. My father is an avid numismatist who exhorts us to always check our change. (but tells us to forego the Canuckian coins... :laugh: )

It was broke, so I fixed it.

[Chris Quinn]

You'd like our modern British coinage - it's copper-jacketed!

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[Simon_Whale]

£1 coins 1983

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[Marc A Brown]

Among US coinage it certainly is. It's from the era of large cents, so it's somewhere between the size of a quarter and a half-dollar. I like to ponder the history that coin has seen, who may have handled it, etc.

[Vincent Blais]

1956 and 1967 cent, here in Montreal and the 1956 is U.S!! :wtf:

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[realJSOP]

Ours will be plastic soon. On the bright side, we can finally make real use of all those Monopoly games collecting dust in our attics. :)

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[Gregory Gadow]

Wow, I'm glad you asked. I happen to have a 1944 silver nickel, minted in Philadelphia. The coins are usually an alloy of copper and nickel, but during WW II, nickel was so important to the war effort that for three years the coins were made of an alloy of copper, silver and manganese. It's in fine condition, too. I've been collecting coins for decades, and these things are rare: most were pulled from circulation after the war.

[super]

1999 10 Cent( euro)

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[Vincent Blais]

Nice try, but I beat you by 30 years for the US cent. :-\

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[Dalek Dave]

1947 two shilling piece (old 10p).

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[Roger Wright]

A 1982 penny - no mint mark. Curiously, no other denomination is older than 2000, but several of the pennies are form the '90s and late '80s. I'm guessing pennies stay in circulation longer than other coins. Of course, this could be a regional thing. I live next to a bunch of casinos, and most people play $.05, $.10 and $.25 machines. This might cause the local coin population to be skewed, as the machine wear out coins quickly, and pennies would wear the least.

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[LittleYellowBird]

Well I'm pastad ... and I've eaten a nice Italian meal too! :-D

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[Gregory Gadow]

Hah! I have a 1835 half-cent. The most valuable coin I own is an 1866 silver 3 cent piece.

[Vark111]

!! I have two old ones - a 1964 nickel and a 1961 nickel. Both older than I am!

[clientSurfer]

OK I have a Maryland state commemorative quarter that says 1788 - I think I win ;P

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[Marc A Brown]

Sweet!

[gavindon]

1971 US penny

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[Albert Holguin]

Coin? ...what's that? ...how do I get one from my credit card? ;P