Which coin or banknote you’ve owned the longest?

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This is a question that hasn't been posted much. what’s the longest time you’ve owned a coin or note?

For me the longest coin collection that has been owned by my family is most of my pre decimal coins that have been in my family’s collection for nearly 50 years while most of my world coins have been owned by me and my family for 35-40 years and the rest of my collection in my procession for the last 5 years.

For the banknotes most of them have been in our collection since 1991 these are high grade left over holiday money.

NOT COUNTING FAMILY MEMBERS:
A few of the coins I got in November 2016, a month after I started:


This banknote was one of three given to me in November 2016 to kickstart my banknote collection. The other two have been traded off.


I am certain that there are still some coins I have kept since October 2016, but I have no idea which ones they are.

COUNTING FAMILY MEMBERS:

A 1900 Hong Kong cent. It is said that this coin had belonged to my great-grandmother, making me the fourth generation to own it.

Quote: "KS5331 Productions"​NOT COUNTING FAMILY MEMBERS:
​A few of the coins I got in November 2016, a month after I started:
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​This banknote was one of three given to me in November 2016 to kickstart my banknote collection. The other two have been traded off.
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​I am certain that there are still some coins I have kept since October 2016, but I have no idea which ones they are.
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​COUNTING FAMILY MEMBERS:
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​A 1900 Hong Kong cent. It is said that this coin had belonged to my great-grandmother, making me the fourth generation to own it.

​Nice collection, For me not counting family collection the oldest one I’ve got is from 2017 the 2016 Peter Rabbit 50p and a nearly UNC new pound coin because I can’t remember what coins I got before then. Including family collections some of the predecimal coins having been in our family processions since the early 70s around the time they were withdrawn to a few years after. Also some of the world coins have been in our collection since the 80s to early 90s but most of them are just left over holiday money.

Finally for notes most of them were bought home from holidays from the early 90s which some of them this year would be celebrating their 30th year in our collection.

There are a few heirloom coins in the family but none have come into my possession yet. I do have some old £1 coins I took out of my change when I was preparing to take the others to the bank, so I’ve had some of those for at least 6-7 years...

In 1966, I was a paper boy delivering to some very nice houses. One house I visited, the owner asked me to ensure I pushed his newspapers all the way through the letterbox. One day I forgot and the next day I was slightly rebuked, and I assured him it would not happen again.
Just before Christmas, he appeared again and I braced myself for another telling off. He came towards me and thanked me for doing as he had asked, and presented me with a 10 Shilling banknote as my Christmas tip. This is what I earned for my weekly paper round.

It is the very first banknote in my collection.

This is it.

https://colnect.com/en/banknotes/list/variant/35327

So, I have had this back note for just over 54 years.

Quote: "COINMAN1"​In 1966, I was a paper boy delivering to some very nice houses. One house I visited, the owner asked me to ensure I pushed his newspapers all the way through the letterbox. One day I forgot and the next day I was slightly rebuked, and I assured him it would not happen again.
​Just before Christmas, he appeared again and I braced myself for another telling off. He came towards me and thanked me for doing as he had asked, and presented me with a 10 Shilling banknote as my Christmas tip. This is what I earned for my weekly paper round.
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​It is the very first banknote in my collection.
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​This is it.
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​https://colnect.com/en/banknotes/list/variant/35327
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​So, I have had this back note for just over 54 years.

​That’s a lot for the time you almost could rent a colour TV for 30 shilling or a more affordable B&W one for 15 shilling.

Not sure what the very first coin was but I started with a penny album when I was 11 so a penny from 1975-2008

Quote: "COINMAN1"​In 1966, I was a paper boy delivering to some very nice houses. One house I visited, the owner asked me to ensure I pushed his newspapers all the way through the letterbox. One day I forgot and the next day I was slightly rebuked, and I assured him it would not happen again.
​Just before Christmas, he appeared again and I braced myself for another telling off. He came towards me and thanked me for doing as he had asked, and presented me with a 10 Shilling banknote as my Christmas tip. This is what I earned for my weekly paper round.
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​It is the very first banknote in my collection.
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​This is it.
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​https://colnect.com/en/banknotes/list/variant/35327
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​So, I have had this back note for just over 54 years.

That's a great story 'Coinman.' About 10 years later, in 1976, I delivered our town's local newspaper but never got a Christmas gift/tip that generous! Some cookies & 50 cents perhaps but by then all our 50 cent coins were nickel (Maybe I was just a lousy paper boy! LOL). I did put away the odd $1.00 & $2.00 from the 1954 Modified series but have long since sold them on eBay (to upgrade for better examples).

I wanted to collect our currency but rarely could afford to tuck away a $1.00 banknote until I worked at a carwash making a bit more money ($3 minimum wage hourly). I kept searching for a Devil's Face ($10 & below) but never found one as they were long since removed by mid 1970's. Our Simpson Sears had a tiny currency outlet & I will never forget buying this 1937 $5:

which was listed as EF-AU. I believe I paid about $25 for this note and felt sick to my stomach as I paid for it (about half my paycheque) 40 years ago.

While working at the gas station, I did come across some crispy $1.00 & $2.00 from the new 'Multicoloured' series. Every now & again I would trade some for my cash & keep them. Some of the ones I found had an asterisk in front of the serial number & I knew that these needed to be kept at all costs. Unfortunately, I spent some of the other, more circulated, banknotes I kept as money was always tight.

Much later, in the 1980's when our first catalogues came out, I learned that the notes with the asterisks were replacement notes. I eventually went to a kiosk that sold coins & banknotes at our mall & picked up a 1954 Devil's Face $20 but it was over graded as Very Fine (VF but was more a Fine at best) so I might be able to sell it & break even. Oh well, lesson learned.

I hardly collected currency until about 20 years ago when our new Journey Series $10 appeared (& were being rampantly photocopied). I discovered eBay, sold most of what I had in order to improve (upgrade) my collection.

So, the 1957 $5.00 banknote would be the longest note I've kept in my collection - 4 decades (most of the others were either spent or sold off to trade up).

Quote: "drwow"​Not sure what the very first coin was but I started with a penny album when I was 11 so a penny from 1975-2008

​you’re US pennies are more interesting that the U.K. pennies and two pence a because the only major things that I look for is pre 1992 copper 1p and 2ps and the 1998-99 copper 2p variety which is quite common (99 being NIFC) foreigns, NIFCs and errors.

The most valuable ones are NIFCs 1983 New two pence error where some two pences had new pence (which stopped in 1982) instead of two stamped on them this is really had to find because it was only put into sets so I is really unlikely you’ll find one in circulation.

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Quote: "COINMAN1"​That's a great story 'Coinman.' About 10 years later, in 1976, I delivered our town's local newspaper but never got a Christmas gift/tip that generous! Some cookies & 50 cents perhaps but by then all our 50 cent coins were nickel (Maybe I was just a lousy paper boy! LOL). I did put away the odd $1.00 & $2.00 from the 1954 Modified series but have long since sold them on eBay (to upgrade for better examples).

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​I wanted to collect our currency but rarely could afford to tuck away a $1.00 banknote until I worked at a carwash making a bit more money ($3 minimum wage hourly). I kept searching for a Devil's Face ($10 & below) but never found one as they were long since removed by mid 1970's. Our Simpson Sears had a tiny currency outlet & I will never forget buying this 1937 $5:
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​which was listed as EF-AU. I believe I paid about $25 for this note and felt sick to my stomach as I paid for it (about half my paycheque) 40 years ago.
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​While working at the gas station, I did come across some crispy $1.00 & $2.00 from the new 'Multicoloured' series. Every now & again I would trade some for my cash & keep them. Some of the ones I found had an asterisk in front of the serial number & I knew that these needed to be kept at all costs. Unfortunately, I spent some of the other, more circulated, banknotes I kept as money was always tight.
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​Much later, in the 1980's when our first catalogues came out, I learned that the notes with the asterisks were replacement notes. I eventually went to a kiosk that sold coins & banknotes at our mall & picked up a 1954 Devil's Face $20 but it was over graded as Very Fine (VF but was more a Fine at best) so I might be able to sell it & break even. Oh well, lesson learned.
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​I hardly collected currency until about 20 years ago when our new Journey Series $10 appeared (& were being rampantly photocopied). I discovered eBay, sold most of what I had in order to improve (upgrade) my collection.
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​So, the 1957 $5.00 banknote would be the longest note I've kept in my collection - 4 decades (most of the others were either spent or sold off to trade up).
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​Nice 1937 George VI 5 dollar note we didn’t get monarchs on notes until the mid 60s.

gee it would have to be a 1972 Canadian penny ive had since 1999... it was my first trade, first international coin, at a time my collection consisted of 4 coins... i explained it awhile back as seen below

1999 was an interesting year for 10yr old me, almost like the whole coin thing was calling me. First the US began issuing the 50 state quarters, then the countdown was on for the release of the Sacagawea Dollar coin. For me that was it, after getting the first 3 state quarters and then a large lot of 1970s-80s Mexican coins I decided I would start collecting. As a matter of fact a week after my decision, i made my first coin trade/swap with the only other kid I knew of that collected coins at my school. I traded one of my 1970s Mexico 20 Centavos for a 1972 Canadian Penny, which i still have.