red quarter...help

[7up2000]

While CRH a box of quarters, I found a "red" quarter. Not knowing what it is, i set it aside. It hasn't been "dipped"--it's too clean and uniformly colored to have been dipped by an amateur. Does anybody know what it is?

It's actually gold colored(I remembered incorrectly) and it was definitely issued from the mint this way.

 

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[omga747]

Some establishments with juke boxes would use painted quarters to get some music going with the hopes that the patrons would get inspired to drop more quarters into the machine. When they emptied the machine, they would know the painted ones were their own and not part of the "revenue."
That's just one story I've heard of the painted quarters, but no matter the source it's not a mint product/error and just worth 25 cents. Though without a picture I can't say for certain, but that's what it sounds like anyway.

 

[MIhunter]

pic plz

 

[norcalsteve]

When I was a kid the community swimming pool had picnics on holidays, memorial day, 4th of july and labor day. They always the "quarter dive" where they would through a lot of quarters into the pool and let the kids dive in for them. There were always a few painted red that if you got one of them you got a special prize. Usually a coupon to the snack bar.
This was in the mid 60's so I would imagine that some of them were silver quarters.

 

[Mackaydon]

Managers of apartment projects would sometimes be issued 'red' quarters by the owner to be used in the laundry room--as a perk, or freebie.
Don.....

 

[favored papa]

IF IT IS GOLD COLORED IT IS NOT FROM THE MINT. SOMEONE MAY HAVE PLATED IT BUT NOT THE MINT

 

[omga747]

Agreed. It's hard to tell from the pics, but it could either be fairly heavily toned or gold-plated after leaving the mint. Either way, pretty much just worth a quarter.

 

[jun808bug]

This might be the answer......

 

[7up2000]

This might be the answer......

Yeah, that's probably how it was done. Thanks for the info everybody.