What is your oldest or rarest coin or medallion ?

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I like to collect the odd old coin and thought it would be interesting to see what old coins or medallions people have .

My earliest is an 1867 penny turned into a medallion. Not by me.Well before my time.

I have also got an 1897 penny

A 1915 penny that looks like it went to war .

And a very old Eureka medallion that has little bit of green in it from the copper. The colour of the medallion really shows it`s age.

 

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My 1807 Half penny is my oldest coin.

Maybe not rare but this Influenza Emergency Worker badge from the 1918 outbreak is unusual.

 

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My oldest token, 1808 East India Co.

My oldest coin 1812 silver shilling

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Rarest

Oldest

 

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How old is the bottom one?

 

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179 something I think.
Heath what makes the $1 rare? Is it the wave on the left side?
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It's a 1797 cartwheel penny Jaros

The $1 coin Maccka is a year 2000 mule.

Here's a link with some info after another member found one recently.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=31518

 

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Heatho. I see you did my trick and hit the cartwheel when digging it out. Bugger! But they still are an amazing coin to find. Great Work!

 

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1846 farthing is my oldest!

And the only token Ive found is from AMF bowling :lol:

 

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Scoopa said:

Heatho. I see you did my trick and hit the cartwheel when digging it out. Bugger! But they still are an amazing coin to find. Great Work!

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Yeah I wasn't impressed with myself Scoopa, the ground was really hard and I was trying not to make too big a hole, I really wasn't expecting it to be a coin.

 

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WW1 Liverpool internment camp 3/4 3D token @ $3000 for a complete one, makes it worth about $2,250 in my books layful:

 

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Half penny 1680

:Y:

 

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1680 wow!
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Who has a good memory ?

Anybody ?

 

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golddiggerart said:

Half penny 1680

https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...ages/3128/1564809342_1497967508_1680_coin.jpg

:Y:

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Kato thinks this is a Hibernia Half Penny ?

She has apparently been doing some research, I know nothing about :8

 

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Other side please.
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Strange it has no text around the outside. Perhaps a medallion of a club?
What's on the other side? May we see?

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I found this Chinese coin in Adelaide hills Went to a coin shop n he said at least 500 yrs old or maybe older.To find out need to find someone ( preferably 500 yr old chinaman)to underastand the writing But there were more than maybe 10 or more different writings so se

arch continues

 

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Mackka said:

Other side please.
Mackka

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It's a 1AD Caesar coin found in the Adelaide Parklands.

No a medallion.

I posted it a few years ago........

Here is the other side. Look closely