2001 Red Cent Obverse

Has there ever been any topics about these red cents that have what appears to be a cladded surface of red copper material? Some of them are really cool and just dont seem to be just corrosion. Some have really sharp details with a nice stike over all. I will post another tomorrow. the 82 cent above is just a cent I modified to bring out the natural red color of a normal cent for comparison.




these next two are of the same one from the post above but with auto fix from a different photo program. I added them just because they were neat to look at.

Do most of you or all of you not collect error coins? I would imagen any good error coin collector would never throw these back into circulation at least without a second look and maybe some testing or something! Red is the term used in the top tIEr of coin grading I dont get why all of you would just throw them back into circulation. I will be saving any or all of them I come a cross. I guess I dont fit in with ''most of you'' cause I find these more interesting then most and after this I might change your mind to either way it turns out it is still a cool cool project. I am just trying to find some help as a newer colloector. My attemps on others sites have only been a detriment to this new collectors's heart But I'm pushing forward regardless.

So what coating, washes or treatments do they use because from everything I read they do add treatments but no one is ever sure what exactly they use or seem unsure. I still believe it is possible that these have gone through multiple treatments of some kind or were part of experiments done at the mint. Wouldnt acid remove the corrosion you stated. I soaked the 2001 for a little while and scrubbed it more then once as well and acetone soaks and scrubs neither one showed any signs of removing anything except the small amount of corrosion. I'm using the 2001 as a test piece because it doesn't have much eye appeal since the reverse is messed up the obverse was kinda cool but I have a few others that are really neat that are as they were when I found them. Like this one...


This macro is the original that has been cropped.

The letters of the motto, the date and all devices have a nice strike. The motto lettering has a perfect seperation between the letters and rim with a deep recess inbetween the two and are in very nice condition when viewed with a loop. The T and the rim are the only areas that are not covered in red plating! The pictures come out alot more interesting then just looking at it. When looking at the coin it has a deep red even color to it. maybe it wasnt testing like I said before but you have to think of all possibilities.

Also is there anything else about the year of this coin thats interesting because I'm not really good with varieties/types.

I am willing to guess that the prefect Mint "luster"=(''Matte glimmery/shimmery greyish finnish'' not the flashy mirror like reflections of light) of coins Is created by this process or another process/treatment depending on the type of coin is being coined whether its before or after the coin has been coined I say before on clad coins because usually it looks like the luster has been struck unto the coin its self once some of the surface rubs off and that part of it cant be rubbed off that easy. when the top layer is rubbed off like I said you can still see the luster pattern underneath the area where the "Mint luster" was rubbed off only with out the the perfect greyish opaque shimmery layer that you may still see around the lettering where it was better protected from rubbing and ware. I only wrote this to help me understand the nature of Mint luster. I dont think I really remember much of what I read about luster back then( 4 years ago probably)because I was not really worried about it since I was mostly into error coins not proof coins or what ever. To say a coin doesn't have Mint condition luster is one thing but to say a coin doesn't have mint luster is another and the latter isn't usually true because there is still a luster pattern underneth created at the mint once the top layer is rubbed off and the top layer might just be a surface treatment that is the opaque layer on top of a freahly minted coin from the metal protection treatments the coin goes thru. Plus it might not even be coin luster it just mimmicks the luster of the metal because it a treament even if thats what is ment when some say luster. I want to say metal has luster and a treatment layer would have a sheen. Thats how I would call it anyway. Pretty much the same difference. I'm just writing this to help me understand the nature mint luster you can chime in if you want. I just didnt want to look for the luster threads right now and I like trying to figure something out myself before reading what someone else thinks or even the factual conclusion/answer. I have read little blips here and there but sometime the person says I'm not realy sure or the little I know about it" so I figured I would make this post and SHARE MY THOUGHTS about it/how I see it since this thread is about the surface of coins.