I know it's probably some normal or common type of reaction, but everything I google brings up "red cent" definitions or copper-red explanations. Could someone educate a newbie? Thanks!
Looks like it was painted red at some point in the last 100 years. Just for grins, can you steady the camera and take another pic of the obverse? Oh, and welcome in newbie.
I saw this chart, but I still wasn't sure. It really does look like someone could have colored it. This collection was my grandfather's and who knows what they did to coins back in the 60's and 70's? I have only come across one other penny, I will try to get a pic and post it later. Thanks
I have been collecting wheat's for almost fifty years and I have seen this too. Copper usually oxidizes to a greenish hue. However when heated it can attain other interesting hues. I rather suspect the red comes from being in a fire or extreme heat at some point in its existence. I could be all wet, but that's what I would suspect. But yes, I too have seen cents like this. Makes for an interesting piece to be certain!
I also have a "red cent". United States Cent 1934-D It had been painted red at one time. I had heard a long time ago that travelling circuses and carnivals would paint pennies and put them into circulation as a form of advertising. Has anyone else heard this story?
I like that story! Never heard it before but it certainly lends an interesting twist to an old wheat!
That "red" Lincoln penny, possibly painted over by a "red" Bolshevik, in the year of the Russian Revolution, in 1917. Or, am I being flippant here ???
