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dixiebooks
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USA
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Posted - 02/11/2010 :  19:53:45  Show Profile Send dixiebooks a Private Message
It seems that somewhere in these forums I read something about red pennies or some such thing. I have been finding some pennies that have a red tint to them. Some look almost as if they'd been painted. Are these worth saving separately?

I have always heard "not worth a red cent", etc but do not think that is a related thing. I googled "red cent" and found only references to the old phraseology, but nothing about pennies that are actually red in color.

thx.

-js
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dixiebooks
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USA
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Posted - 02/13/2010 :  17:42:12  Show Profile Send dixiebooks a Private Message
I guess no one has an opinion on this? -js
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Kurr
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Posted - 02/13/2010 :  17:45:57  Show Profile Send Kurr a Private Message
Red is generaly meant, I think, to have a bright mint luster still.

You have red(R), red brown in color (RB), and brown or chocolate(B).

Hope this helps.

Edit:

I think you can look on PCGS.com and in there registry they have examples of all three with photos, if you care to dig around some.

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Edited by - Kurr on 02/13/2010 17:48:15
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dixiebooks
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USA
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Posted - 02/13/2010 :  20:12:28  Show Profile Send dixiebooks a Private Message
Thanks, Kurr. I'll look for that. -js
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dixiebooks
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USA
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Posted - 02/13/2010 :  20:22:43  Show Profile Send dixiebooks a Private Message
I think I found it. So, they are not really red at all, but just what I would call multi-colored (like a sheen of oil on water). I have found a number of pennies like that and have been throwing those back into the pot for a return trip to the bank. Guess I will start keeping some of those. Thx. -js
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thogey
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USA
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Posted - 02/14/2010 :  00:23:11  Show Profile Send thogey a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by dixiebooks

I what I would call multi-colored (like a sheen of oil on


That description sounds like "Rainbow Toning" which usually brings a premium when selling silver.

I don't know how it affects the price of cents.

I keep all BU specimens of copper cents with rainbow toning.

Just because I like them
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PreservingThePast
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USA
1572 Posts
Posted - 02/14/2010 :  08:57:30  Show Profile Send PreservingThePast a Private Message
Thogey...I, too, like the pennies that have rainbow toning on them, but have been told by several dealers that it is not considered desirable in pennies like it is in silver coins.

Perhaps that will change in the future.

Dixiebooks...according to my Red Book for the Lincoln cents it states for a MS-65 the coin will show no trace of wear. Barely noticeable blemishes. Nearly full red color.

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member



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Posted - 02/14/2010 :  09:06:33  Show Profile Send Kurr a Private Message
Right, when it is new it is bright copper. This deepens and though it retains the "luster" the "tone" changes to a MUCH more rich color with age.

That is what I believe a "red" is.

The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts. Hag 2:8 [/b]
He created it. He controls it. He gave it to us for His use. Why did we turn from sound scriptural currency that PROTECTS us?

KJV Bible w/ Strong's Concordance: http://www.blueletterbible.org/
The book of The Hundreds: http://www.land.netonecom.net/tlp/ref/boh/bookOfTheHundreds_v4.1.pdf
The Two Republics: http://www.whitehorsemedia.com/docs/THE_TWO_REPUBLICS.pdf
Good reading: http://ecclesia.org/truth/government.html

A number of people are educated beyond, sometimes way beyond, their intelligence. - Tenbears
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Mcprice302
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USA
404 Posts
Posted - 02/14/2010 :  09:17:58  Show Profile Send Mcprice302 a Private Message
I keep them seperate now, but only because I hand sort and it is no extra effort. Same thing with S-mints. Both of which seem to be carrying a higher premium in bulk lots versus the average brown cent. I do not keep Red/Brown cents in this pile though, only the best.
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