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Weberwisdom1 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 01:04 am I have a couple of coins with a red tint. Are they valuable or more sought after? New to coin collecting and value any help given! Thank you Report this Post to the Staff

That Coin Dude Pillar of the Community United States 1427 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 01:20 am Sadly, no. This is called a patina and is basically a substance that forms a coat on a coin post strike. Some people collect them, but typically not sought after. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 01:28 am The red-orange colour on cents is from the copper. If you have a cent that is in really good condition and you have the red showing, it enhances the value of the coin (to most people). It is a mild form of natural toning, part of the patina of the coin. Your cents are most likely Uncirculated to retain the red, while everyday handling will turn cents brown. You can have red-brown examples that retain red with some handling (some red is better than no red). I primarily collect Canadian cents, all in beautiful Red, and in an album, they are stunning! I have several rolls of later date cents, all bright red that I'm saving (especially since Canada stopped minting cents in 2012). Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 01:42 am Quote: Sadly, no. This is called a patina and is basically a substance that forms a coat on a coin post strike. This is not true. Red is not a substance that coats the cents, they are "born" bright Orange-Red from copper used in the minting of the cents. Get a box of brand new cents and you'll see how shiny red they really are! It's definitely not a post strike event! How they are stored and handled will determine if they retain some of the red and/or turn brown. Report this Post to the Staff
Weberwisdom1 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 07:15 am Thank you both for your insight and quick responses!! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 07:26 am Some wartime bronze Australian pennies have a strong purplish tinge in the toning in MS+ examples. In a few of these cases, it is due to trace amounts of gold, which was not refined out of the copper. Finely divided silver is black, as in B&W photographic negatives Finely divided gold is purple. I don't want to build up your hopes too much though. Coin pictured is American, dated 1973. Most probably in this case, just the way it has toned in it's environment. Report this Post to the Staff
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