Poor old FDR spent some time in the ground..... That's a very typical appearance for coins that have been dropped and left to survive in the elements and picked back up years later.
Ground buried coins are affected by Environmental Damage. That's how you get red, brown, yellow and black in the clad layer.
But I heard he had terrible luck with his tomatoes. They came in metallic and shiny and all the red went into nearby buried dimes.
True but if he would have sprinkled baking soda in the soil, not touching the plant in any way, he would have had sweeter, less acidic tomatoes. Yes, that's today's gardening tip.
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Back then , when there were wall phones in restaurants, bars, and even real pizza parlors with the new thing video games, the owner would have dimes and quarters painted or stained red so they could separate the " come-ons". Let someone play a game on the house to attract others. He would then later retrieve the coins as they were not income nor taxable.
