Dominion of Canada pennies were first minted in 1870. The earlier Province of Canada pennies were first minted in 1858.
The oldest British Penny potentially still in circulation would be the 1971 New Penny.
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the oldest penny is in the cavemen days and it is worth over 1,000,000 dollars if you find one if i were you i would sell it to a pawn shop that is rich...
That probably depends what you mean by a "penny". The first US penny was minted in 1787. The first British penny was minted in 790 AD. See Related Links.
The earliest record of the penny by name in history is from 790 AD when the first British penny was minted. It was originally pressed in silver.
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Lincoln cents were first minted in 1909.
The earliest one-cent coin in the U.S. was struck in 1793.