Question About Red vs. Red/Brown vs. Brown - Recent Roll Wierdness

Recently I bought about 25 rolls of pennies when I went back to visit my hometown. Surprisingly, almost every roll had the same coins in it. My first thought was some other hunter's returns, however, I'm not so sure now. I pulled a few 'S's and an overwhelming majority of the coins look to be almost brand new, with most of them from 1974. Is there any worth in coins that look like this (Appear to be 'Red')?

I have included a sample shot of some of the coins. There's many more like them - most 1970 to 1974.

Any thoughts or value here?

 

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The coins look good. They look red to me, but I'm not an expert. Check pcgs.com and you may have something there.

 

You can see the graduation from one one side to the the other, so not sure if it is the actual color of the coin or the light coming from the right side. If a viewer doesn't know the color of the background it is very hard to tell if the color balance is accurate in the camera to tell R-RB-B limits . I suggest next time you visit Walmart or a large Home depot type of store you pick up a few Paint sample cards that are close to bright white and some close to light grey. These will help you and us to know if the color is close to being correct in the photo. Kilz makes 8 x 10 sheets that are peelable for color comparison, and sticking one on a piece of stiff cardboard makes a nice reusable background. Jim

 

I can retake the photo to correct the lightness etc. But my real question is are they worth anhthing being red? I see ebay sales for red coins coming in at like a buck and such to a few dollars for graded, but online I see values of hundreds at auctions (pcgs mainly) so im confused at their actual value. lol

 

It's about the grade and the color. The ones you see bringing hundreds are higher grade coins in PCGS slabs. As a normal with Lincolns in this date range, you need MS-67 or better to even think of sending the coin in for grading.
It takes time and a lot of study to be able to pick out MS-67 or better Lincolns. It's not easy.