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Might be plated (doubtful), painted (doesn't look right), or someone took a highlighter/marker to it. I think its a spender.
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Edited by Roman M 01/02/2017 03:42 am
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These pictures lead me thinking it was a metal detector find and that color is from it being buried in the ground.
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Sad, and I thought it might be worth something more than the 5 cents that I paid for it at the bank. I don't metal detect, but it certainly could have been found by someone and put back into circulation at some point. Thanks for your help.
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Pillar of the Community
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If you want to find "valuable" Jefforson Nickels, look for 1938&1939 D and S, and the Key to the series which is 1950-D. Also keep an eye out for the 35%Ag " War Nickel" that were minted 1942-45 and have the big mint mark above Monticello on the reverse. Then there are the occasional mint error and varieties that are listed in various books and have probably been listed for you somewhere on this site (use the 'search coin community) box on the upper left of the forum pages. Last but not least are the occasional buffalo or liberty (V) nickels. Let us know what you find! 
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Rest in Peace
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Hey guys , nice finger prints . But oh yeah ,environmental damage , it's a spender . 
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Rest in Peace
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Common color change (toning) found by metal detecting. Find them every year.
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Pillar of the Community
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Enviornmental damage, My mom makes me wash my hands after coins similar
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I'm with Mox. Me 'n my ETrac dig 'em up red all the time.
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Here's what user BENTFORK said on metaldetectingforum. I think for anyone that might be researching red nickels this might help understand the details;
"The more iron or nickel content of the coin the worse they tend to be. Modern clad coins are copper planchets with a copper-nickel layer over the planchet. Not Zinc coins though. Copper-nickel is basically the stuff that an entire nickel is made of. After just a year or so <a buried> clad dime or quarter will be turning black. After 6 years or so it will start turning red color (rust) and the copper planchet will start to become brittle like a copper penny that has been in the ground for ages. So your nickels are red because they are a composition mostly copper and nickel. The nickel is what is starting to oxidize."
Hope that helps
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