I Just Gots Ta Know! 2004 WI Quarter. Sharpie's Gone Amok?

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MakesNoCentsToMe Valued Member United States 299 Posts	Posted 03/12/2022 9:08 pm I found this awhile back and just thought it was cool. I'm thinking a bored kid at the 2004 WI State Fair. (Just trying to make a little funny tonight) Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 03/12/2022 9:10 pm My vote is nail polish, but could be any sort of paint/ink. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19155 Posts	Posted 03/12/2022 9:23 pm Interesting, if nothing else. I might get my Sharpies out and conduct an experiment on a few common quarters. Report this Post to the Staff
MakesNoCentsToMe Valued Member United States 299 Posts	Posted 03/12/2022 9:27 pm I hadn't thought of that one Spence. Yes. Very well could be nail polish. Doubt a Sharpie would hold up that well. Report this Post to the Staff
MakesNoCentsToMe Valued Member United States 299 Posts	Posted 03/12/2022 9:37 pm Hahah ijn. Not that it matters because it's obviously nothing but I guess that's just how our brains work. An explanation so to speak. Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 03/12/2022 9:37 pm Damage miss the green, no food for the beef. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95985 Posts	Posted 03/12/2022 10:40 pm strange thing to do. someone was bored.... Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 03/13/2022 09:53 am I've told this story here before, but when I was a kid I worked at a restaurant with a juke box. The manager used to seed this machine with quarters to provide ambience or get customers to also want to spend money on music. He used nail polish on his quarters so that when he emptied the box, he could separate out his quarters from those spent by patrons. I'm sure there are hundreds of other reasons to paint coins, but that is the one that comes to my mind first. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/13/2022 1:25 pm At one time they were putting stickers over the design to make a colorized version of these States quarter to pad their pockets with. Selling them to the "Rubes". Now back into circulation the affect is being worn off of the coins. (people actually thought these quarters were coin to be worth a fortune for the Grand Kids. People were making money on selling stuff to the non coin collectors in hopes of a windfall later one. Well, they all got the wind, and the fall, from the bottom falling out of these quarters. Thus we are still finding them spent all the time now. The bubble has burst! Report this Post to the Staff
MakesNoCentsToMe Valued Member United States 299 Posts	Posted 03/13/2022 4:30 pm Hahah. That's funny Spence. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/14/2022 01:55 am I'd heard the altered colors for the Jukebox before. I feel it is true. Report this Post to the Staff
Cointree Valued Member United States 449 Posts	Posted 03/14/2022 02:39 am They were at arcades and places like that to put into the games. Pinball or Pacman or whatever. I guess they wanted to track their quarters. Report this Post to the Staff
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