DH picked this beauty up from his change today. "Want to hear about red quarters?"
Do I!
According to DH, they're red because someone coated them with red nail polish. That someone was the jukebox owner. Often if a jukebox was quiet, it stayed quiet, and if the jukebox was played, then other people would put quarters in and play what they wanted.
So a bartender would "prime" the jukebox and play it using a red quarter. When the jukebox owner pulled in the take for that week, he'd give the bar back the red quarters to use for more priming. They weren't supposed to leave the bar...this one was an escapee.
Anybody else have change tales?
change tales - the red quarter
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Year - 2004
Thought it odd that someone would go through this much effort to color in the "depressed areas" of the coin leaving all of the raised areas silver.
It is in perfect condition as VERY Little of the red is missing.
Does anyone know if these are actually worth anything other then interesting reading?
BTW - found in my pocket on Long Island, NY
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