Fairgrounds coins

[waltship]

Went to fairground in southern ohio and found some coins in the sheep areas. Some of them were a red tinted. What would make them red? I found two pennies that were about 1/4 eaten away, they were a 2000 and a 1996. Must be some pretty serious ground around here. Better not go barefooted around there.

 

[dobbie]

I have no idea why they change colors like that. the half eaten pennies are from 1984 ( i think) and newer. They made them to be biodegradable for some eviormental reasons. I wish they hadnt. I hate finding pieces of pennies. Once I found a whole pocket spill of them. HH

 

[Mirco]

When eventually they will move to plastic coins MDing hobby will die completely. It is already half dead in this country. For how long a person will be happy and excited to collect 70 cents per hour of hunt on average I wonder?

 

[Nortonics]

Went to fairground in southern ohio and found some coins in the sheep areas. Some of them were a red tinted. What would make them red?

 

[waltship]

Thanks Tom. I wondered about that. But they floor also has ceder shavings on it, maybe to soak up the peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Wishful-thinker]

n/t

 

[chuck ky]

what kind of coins were they. in wet soil nickels will turn red.

 

[ROADKING]

we see that hear in florida two some of the coins I find are red as well

 

[coinhog]

Most of the dimes I find around here are red colored ,, has to be the soil conditions,, but that siler Rosie I got yesterday was just as pretty as the day it was dropped,, 1946

 

[rdotson]

dobbie, do you have any information, i.e. links on the biodegradable coins?