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Hi Everyone,

Is this a rainbow or error penny?

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 Posted 05/26/2012  1:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I wouldn't call it an error. The toning could be natural or artificial. It's hard to tell.
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 Posted 05/26/2012  1:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add papatony to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These lil guys are nice. We keep ones that are really cool just because we like em. No premium, just nice to look at.lol
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Just a great toned Abe! I love the way these tone, I am starting a collection of them next I think.
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 Posted 05/26/2012  11:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add COMET to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Neither, the Brown cents when toned turns blue. They do look really nice.
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I want one just to have it
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 Posted 05/29/2012  1:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add whatsthedillio to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I see a good number of pennies looking like that. I'm near Seattle. Maybe it's the moisture or lack of sunlight?
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I see quite a few as I'm roll searching. I would have too many if I kept them but believe me, I'm tempted.
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So are these hard to find in some parts of the US?
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U got me whatsthedillio? I really love the way they look I have about four now
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Thats a nice BIV (blue indigo violet) toned cent you got there. copper coins and I assume silver coins as well cover the full spectrum of color (ROY G BIV) when it comes to toning. I believe the green toned ones are the hardest to find. Not to be confused with the green slime that is on a lot of coins

I just posted a series of photos from my toned collection that run the spectrum of colors from red to violet and combination in between.

Here is the thread:

Post Your Toned Coins!
https://goccf.com/t/53247
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 Posted 06/01/2012  01:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KenRingold to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Check this out.

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Very nice kenringold!1 I roll search for the pennies with the most colors... I have started a "red", a "green"(tone) and I am thinking about one on those grease strike thrus... some of those are very interesting. I also have a collection of "ugly Abes"...That one is my favorite! People call me weird, but they love it when I find a new one for my collections!
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Your avatar is freaky ^

I enjoy these pennies :) lol
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The original coin in this thread is lightly circulated. Finger oils and similar substances have turned the unprotected areas of the coin away from red. This is a very common occurrence.

The second coin posted in this thread is artificially recolored. It is not a genuine original color.
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The second coin posted in this thread is artificially recolored. It is not a genuine original color.

This is the way I found it when roll searching. It is toned. It may have been by heat, but the color is in the coin, not on the coin. It has not been colorizied as far as I know. It is plucked from the wild, shell casing metal.
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