In the United States the 1793 large cent is considered to be the first official coin produced by the United States Mint for circulation. There are however several coins produced by the US Govt and released in limited amounts into circulation justpriorto these large cents and were used as legal tender. However the large cent is the first coin issued under the authority of the Mint Act andthereforis technically the first.
Penny
The earliest one-cent coin in the U.S. was struck in 1793.
The oldest British Penny potentially still in circulation would be the 1971 New Penny.
If a penny has no mint mark, it typically means it was produced by the Philadelphia Mint. Mint marks indicate where a coin was minted, and coins from the Philadelphia Mint, the oldest U.S. Mint facility, do not have a mint mark.
A Coin?
The oldest coin ever made would probably be priceless.
Penny - British decimal coin - was created in 1971.
The face value of an Eire 1 penny coin is 1 penny. It was equal to 1/100 of an Irish pound before the euro.
I collect coins and bills and i have a coin from 1909 but i highly doubt that's the oldest coin!
coin like the penny is a coin.
1909
1935