red/pink halves

[jim4silver]

Anyone ever see halves that look like they were dipped into some kind of reddish/pink dye?

I seem to get one or two out of every box. Is this someone's way of marking their rejects? Seems like a lot of trouble to go to if so.

Jim

 

[Scalper]

Yeah Jim, I get some red ones from time to time...someone must have too much time on their hands ,Ed

 

[XX]

pics??

I've seen the red nail polish and I've seen them copper plated, but I don't think I've seen 'reddish/pink' yet.

 

[jim4silver]

pics??

I've seen the red nail polish and I've seen them copper plated, but I don't think I've seen 'reddish/pink' yet.

Maybe it is red nail polish? But the color is kind of a mix red/pink. I am not a color expert so I don't know if there is another word for it.

Jim

 

[Scott (Mich)]

It could be that they were used by a business owner - when they would sometimes put their own coins in a juke box or other coin operated machine they often would paint them red so that they knew that they were "theirs". I know that used to get done a lot with quarters but I have ever only found one half marked that way. Anyone know of any machine that accepted halves? I think the juke box at my high school did. That was around 1981.

Happy Hunting,

Scott (MI)

 

[Pipster]

I have heard of seeded hunts with marked red coins for prizes

 

[cyberdan]

I think the juke box at my high school did. That was around 1981.

You had a juke box at high school?
All we had were nuns with big rulers.