Oddbean new post about login | logout Coins! Passed down from 2 generations ago. I think 1905 is the earliest https://i.nostr.build/8PHhBt0eIXCdKnKa.jpg https://i.nostr.build/fLWGZHgdohZ6NDix.jpg https://i.nostr.build/tFgOgaKjN0kP7vNN.jpg https://i.nostr.build/vK3tlgLkb5gbLrIR.jpg https://i.nostr.build/Zoq05EpI49sj9sUA.jpg https://i.nostr.build/fJYp96FplaqBvZh5.jpg
🧡💜😎
Dutch Guilder (or some denomination) detected! Also learned they still wrote "koningrijk" instead of "koninkrijk" some 100 years ago.
My guess is it was left over from the journey to Canada fyi
And this was meant as a reply to the topic, wrong buttons were pressed, mistakes were made. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ah! My casual nerd hobby!
You looking for anything in particular?
Not really... 1911 US wheat penny but only if it shows up in my possession by accident 😅 Curious about the 2nd one down though.. what is that?
What about this one? https://i.nostr.build/qK46EldkY861RpHC.jpg
Oh that's cool! You've got some awesome specimens
I think this is the oldest coin I've ever found in the wild. https://i.nostr.build/DMsBS5ICegqlekt8.jpg
My dad gave me one as a little kid. Steel pennies are a neat find too - not really worth a whole lot, but it’s wild to run across one. No one even knows they existed for one year way back when copper was used for bullets.
The steel pennies tell a sad story, huh?
Apparently I have a 1904 dawn. & 2 years of steel pennies? https://i.nostr.build/1toLnLiv3s5CNlg3.jpg
Take those 1944 steel Pennie’s to a coin dealer and see what they’re worth. Might be winner https://www.coinvaluechecker.com/how-much-is-a-1944-steel-penny-worth/
Yeah, just minted in 1943 to save copper for ammunition. I found one while making change for a customer a couple years ago and explained it to him and you would have thought I was interpreting a Sanskrit poem. He was floored when I said it wasn’t worth more than a couple cents.
Traded some silver for this one. 1835! https://image.nostr.build/2eb5814a7c6040698377b3363c67d68cbb44a7a296fbc05f9ba65e3c091ac3bc.jpg
So cool.
I also got a Romanian AK 47 for some silver 🤌 https://image.nostr.build/71d408b050618ae2e86bbf82930cd6e2a9dc87d2259a57f53f2e1173bb14862f.jpg
Woah, you ever buy /trade junk silver?
Not junk silver, mostly 1 oz coins from reputable mints and stuff a buddy finds with his metal detector.
I think I have about a pound of coins dated 1905-1960
I will tag @Chip here so she's not left out https://i.nostr.build/dg4Q38EKCZMneqYX.jpg
Cool artifact dude
We put the most important things on our money
Bitcoin coins? 🤷🏼
Its not with this collection
The second one is Fininnsh
Any idea what’s up with the state prison one? Did the prison have its own money printer? lol
Must have, no cigarette there lol
Very cool. That prison coin is pretty unique
I thought it was a good lead in. The steel pennies sound cool too
Steel pennies are valuable. Or is it steel dimes. 🤔
Touching an old coin is like shaking the hands of 10,000 men and women of past generations, who lived and worked and loved in societies vastly different from our own. I'll never forget being a preteen and finding a 1911 dime in a pile of sand next to my uncle's house in Minneapolis.
Wow, these pieces are incredible! Having items that date back to 1905 and have been passed down through several generations is really special. You've got some real historical treasures on your hands. Have you ever thought about having them appraised or kept in a dedicated setting to preserve their value? Thanks for sharing this, it's fascinating to see a piece of history through these pieces!
Prison one is interesting, didn't know that was a thing
Whenever I’m in an estate sale and I find a bag of old money, I cannot help but buy it so many people in my area traveled for work. The estate sale companies have no idea what is a valid currency still and what isn’t so. I usually make a few bucks off of it.
I stayed away from coin i couldn’t tell you the difference between a $1 example and a $100
Most are just a curiosity and they’re fun to look at. But whenever I do it, I find Euros and Swiss Francs and British pounds Which are all real money at this point
There’s probably $20 in mexican pesos here along with euros
That was too cool. I had to look it up. In an effort to control the crime inherent in illicit gambling, the Nevada State Prison in Carson City had the Carson City Mint make these coins to use in 'The Bull Pen Casino'. An actual casino legally operated within the prison for the prisoners between 1932 and 1976. Local politicians and even the Kiwanis club were regular visitors and gamblers at the legal prison casino.
Woah!
... 1976 not 1976
FFFFFFKKK 1967!
