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Lincoln Cent Toning In Vinyl Holders

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A while ago I bought a trove of Lincoln wheaties in various albums and folders. A couple of the albums were the no-no Harco ones, the notorious chemically toxic ones with vinyl and plastic holders that corrode and blacken copper coins.
And sure enough, most of the Lincolns were toned to a dull gray-black or worse. But a few, a very few of the uncirculated or near uncirculated ones were toned to a very nice deep cherry red. The vinyl actually improved their condition.

I'm wonder why. What random set of circumstances causes cherry red toning?
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Perhaps those were the last ones placed in the album?
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Red dye maybe?
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But a few, a very few of the uncirculated or near uncirculated ones were toned to a very nice deep cherry red. The vinyl actually improved their condition.


These still need to be soaked in acetone to remove the residue
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Please post some pics.
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