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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 114857, member: 669"]Judging by their very infrequent appearance in rolls, bags or boxes of pennies, I'd say it isn't very common. </p><p><br /></p><p>Red paint on nickles and quarters old enough to have been around when every corner drug store had a soda fountain with a juke box, and every corner tavern had coin-operated pool tables, are much more common. The business owner would dab paint on some "house" coins for use in the juke box, pool table, or whatever. Those coins would then be separated out before the take was divided between the coin machine owner and the business owner.If you're satisfied that the coloring has already destroyed the coin's numismatic value, then Scrape it with a fingernail, knife, etc.; or dab a bit of paint remover on it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 114857, member: 669"]Judging by their very infrequent appearance in rolls, bags or boxes of pennies, I'd say it isn't very common. Red paint on nickles and quarters old enough to have been around when every corner drug store had a soda fountain with a juke box, and every corner tavern had coin-operated pool tables, are much more common. The business owner would dab paint on some "house" coins for use in the juke box, pool table, or whatever. Those coins would then be separated out before the take was divided between the coin machine owner and the business owner.If you're satisfied that the coloring has already destroyed the coin's numismatic value, then Scrape it with a fingernail, knife, etc.; or dab a bit of paint remover on it. :eek:[/QUOTE]
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