Coins with red nail polish
kranky
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Maybe I'm the only person who didn't know this. It was told in a letter to the editor in the new Numismatist.
In some bars and dives, waitresses would coat coins in red nail polish. The waitresses would offer to match the number of coins the patrons would put in the jukebox, and would use the painted coins when they put their coins in. Later when the jukebox was emptied, the red ones were returned to the waitresses to use again and again. This system helped drive the take of the jukebox and keep the music going.
I remember seeing these as a kid (with some of the polish worn off) but had no clue that it meant anything.
In some bars and dives, waitresses would coat coins in red nail polish. The waitresses would offer to match the number of coins the patrons would put in the jukebox, and would use the painted coins when they put their coins in. Later when the jukebox was emptied, the red ones were returned to the waitresses to use again and again. This system helped drive the take of the jukebox and keep the music going.
I remember seeing these as a kid (with some of the polish worn off) but had no clue that it meant anything.
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Jukes, pinballs, pool tables, etc.
These were pretty well circulated yukkie quarters.
<< <i>I have a couple Buffaloes that have a trace of red paint on them. Is this what it is, old nail polish? Do you think acetone would remove it after all of these years? >>
That's war paint.
WS
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<< <i>I have a couple Buffaloes that have a trace of red paint on them. Is this what it is, old nail polish? Do you think acetone would remove it after all of these years? >>
That's war paint. >>
Yes, acetone takes it right off.
bob
Oddly enough, I recently got a South Carolina State Quarter painted red. Most of that retains it's red. I wonder if it is the same situation?
peacockcoins
<< <i>I've got a few of the red ones, I also have a blue one and a black one. It appears that they had been painted long ago, likely when new, as it is mostly worn off by now.
Oddly enough, I recently got a South Carolina State Quarter painted red. Most of that retains it's red. I wonder if it is the same situation? >>
In the past year or so I've received two State Quarters in change that were also painted red. I can't tell you the State because they went into the CoinStar. I can't imagine the reasoning for these is for any kind of Jukebox or other machines considering most take dollar bills now.
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This caused a huge public outcry, and spurred a very large grass-roots protest.
Parkway users were encouraged to paint their quarters red, and use them as tolls to record their protest vote.
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