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I've heard of quarters being red but a 5 centimes?

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  • NotSureNotSure Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭

    Isn't this the U.S. Coin Forum?? Should be posted on the World Coin Forum.

    I'll come up with something.
  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is corroded; damaged, most likely spent some time in wet soil.

  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭

    when I was a kid..1950s....folks would paint a quarter with red nail polish....then try to track it around town...didnt take a lot to entertain us back then

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,513 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Red paint or nail polish.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:
    Red paint or nail polish.

    Yes, I believe you are right.
    The first time I saw the coin on a different monitor and it looked much darker, like corrosion.
    Now on this screen, I see the red.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks as if it has been painted.... although, I have dug coins in soil that has been covered by pine needles for many years that also had a red color similar to that coin. Cheers, RickO

  • WatchbelieveWatchbelieve Posts: 527 ✭✭✭

    Interesting that pine needles can do that. Thanks Rick

  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting old coin.

    Larry

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