What is your oldest or rarest coin or medallion ?

Wow! That's an awesome find!

The family turned up to the Adelaide Parklands to go detecting and fishing.
A bible group had lost a REAL 1 A.D. coin and hoped it was in the grass, so asked if we could assist.

We found pre-decs, spendables, a silver ring, bits and this coin (it is a copy of the original),
they had a few scattered on a table.

But the original coin was on a junky laminated board and was probably stolen, we hoped not, but we could not find it.
When I found this coin in the grass they got excited but it was just a copy.

Strangely this happened on the 1st of April a few years ago, so I just had to post it on the forum that night.

Cheeky I know.

But my earliest coin.....

I noticed it said copy ( or cop i ) .

There really are some old treasured coins out there .

I`m quite enjoying everyone`s posts and stories ,here .

What is the WW1 Liverpool internment camp 3/4 3D token about , Wally69 ? What is the significance of them ? I have never heard of it.

FOZ

Greenhornet_au said:

golddiggerart said:

Half penny 1680

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

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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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http://www.irishcoinage.com/J01347.HTM

It is a Charles 11 half penny found in a park outside of a 1857 homestead. ? But good of kato to do some research.

My oldest coin to date is an 1840 Brittannia Six Pence found in Goulburn.

just starting said:

I noticed it said copy ( or cop i ) .

There really are some old treasured coins out there .

I`m quite enjoying everyone`s posts and stories ,here .

What is the WW1 Liverpool internment camp 3/4 3D token about , Wally69 ? What is the significance of them ? I have never heard of it.

FOZ

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This is probably one of the best write ups on the camp.

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/enemyathome/holsworthy-internment-camp/index.html

I understand that the tokens were produced by the canteen and are the first minted tokens ever used in a camp.
http://www.triton.vg/ict.html

Wally69 said:

just starting said:

I noticed it said copy ( or cop i ) .

There really are some old treasured coins out there .

I`m quite enjoying everyone`s posts and stories ,here .

What is the WW1 Liverpool internment camp 3/4 3D token about , Wally69 ? What is the significance of them ? I have never heard of it.

FOZ

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This is probably one of the best write ups on the camp.

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/enemyathome/holsworthy-internment-camp/index.html

I understand that the tokens were produced by the canteen and are the first minted tokens ever used in a camp.
http://www.triton.vg/ict.html

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Thanks, Wally69. That write up on the link was very good.

If i lived up that way , i would have a ball going over it with the detector.

oldest silver

My rarest coin. Internment camps penny.

one of my fav's

the only thing i found on the day, Ophir NSW

my 3 best

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Untitled by Marc Russo, on Flickr

Showoff :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: layful: layful: :Y:

1848 Shilling found at Maldon.

Oldest coins came as a pair, either 1806 or 07 KG3.





Most valuable, 1925 penny.





..and favourite older coins simply because they are damned hard to find and turn up when you least expect it. So I guess you could consider them as rare on a personal level.

Gothic Florin





1823 Hibernia Half penny with counterstamp





1840 Farthing





1834 King William Shilling

Gee that farthing is a cracker ! :Y:

awesome coins erfect:

1890 Town of Essendon gilt Mayoral medal. (W.T.C. Kelly).

This is what it used to look like:
https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/1098799

inspired by Goldpick

Plenty of detail on that farthing, very nice. You see a few more modern ones getting around, though the older ones seem to be few and far between.

Its amazing to see so many old coins , great topic.