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Burdine5725 New Member United States 16 Posts	Posted 03/27/2017 08:42 am What is up with these lincoln cents? Why is one gold toned and the other red toned? Are either of them worth checking out due to possibly being an error coin? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/27/2017 08:47 am Not errors. The red one looks like environmental damage and the other looks like normal circulation toning. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
BrianLikesCoins Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 03/27/2017 09:27 am Also I'm not stealing your opinion I was thinking the same thing before I saw your reply. Edited by BrianLikesCoins 03/27/2017 09:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
CoinMasters Pillar of the Community United States 5964 Posts	Posted 03/27/2017 11:15 am The 1940 is naturally turning brown with age. They can turn red, red/brown, and brown. I do agree in this case though, the 1968 has been altered from the environment. Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 03/27/2017 12:03 pm With all above . Copper coins have a tendency to be any color it wants to be from bright orange to dark brown and everything in between . Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 03/27/2017 12:28 pm Yep, no matter what our skin color, we all get sunburned! Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 03/27/2017 6:05 pm I'm thinking the 40 is gold paint. Report this Post to the Staff
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