Colorized Coins

Excellent idea!

 

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I completely agree. For someone who collects and studies coins (which is most of the members of this forum)...colorizing a coin is sacrilege and it removes any value of the coin beyond metal content. I doubt such an item would appeal to many members here.

But, there is a market for them as a novelty for some. Sometimes they are sold with the angle that they will have value in the future...which is a lie and is unethical. But there is a market for them.

 

It should also be noted that there is a difference between mint colorized coins and aftermarket ones.

 

Indeed, and our Canadian brethren have done so, and rather successfully. If it's your 'Bag' (sixties expression) go for it. but only choose legitimate mint offerings. Anything else is chachee..........

 

I wouldn't want to criticize anyone else's taste in coins just as I wouldn't want them to look askance at mine, so if someone is happy collecting colorized coins, more power to them. That being said, that particular genre of collecting remains entirely foreign to me; however, in the interest of full disclosure I have to admit to owning a half dozen colorized U.S. Military patriotic medals dating from the dedication of the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., which my dear wife was kind enough to pick up for me on the occasion of a business trip there. All you married gents out there, you'll know what I'm talking about when I say that you NEVER tell your wife that you're not really all that enthusiastic about the presents she returned from a trip with and brought home with nothing but love, so forever forward and as far as the "outside world" (not here, in other words) is concerned I absolutely, positively CHERISH those incredibly wonderful colorized medals!

 

US Mint Breast Cancer commem tends on colorization, but it's actually a mix of metals.

 

If I got one for cheap or free I'd take it happily.

Thanks,
Jacob

 

Yes, apparently the Paris Mint and the Vienna Mint, among others, have of late begun getting into that metal-mixing trend, and I think the nice development is that metal-addition rather than colorization can actually ADD to the value of a coin, especially and logically so if the color "insertion" is achieved with a more valuable precious metal than that of the basic coin itself.

 

Aftermarket colorization is a particularly sacrilegious act verging on numismatic abomination...call the monetary exorcist before we're ALL doomed!

 

Come on guys, ain't Liberty just gorgeous as a redhead?

Actually I think this is the only one I have. I bought it a long time ago, I'm usually not too interested in moderns anyway, but I thought it was kind of cool looking.

 

I don't like them, but again, personal choice.

I guess since it's produced by the Mint, it may retain some of it's value down the road. I don't see them increasing in value, but what do I know. I just can't imagine there are enough people out there who prefer these to actually create a supply and demand issue.

The post-mint colorized ASE's I love however. They are usually had for under spot, and as stated earlier, acetone makes them look like 'normal'. But I also don't look at ASE's as coins, to me, they're just stackers.

 

I've always had an affinity for redheads, so this coin does have that going for it, but honestly, it still looks like an acid trip at Mardi Gras to me. Go figure.

 

I think generally the only issue I have with these items is they are often sold on QVC or the likes by people who mislead uneducated buyers to their value. I know that it's the buyers responsibility to do their homework and not get taken...but many of these are sold in unethical ways (in my opinion). If you like them...or want to have one and you know what they are, then there is nothing wrong with that. Collect whatever you want and like. But, if they are being sold under the premise that they are "more valuable" I have a problem with that.

 

Very well said, and right on point!

 

Not me. Every one of them that I ran across, when I was younger, was blasted, bloody nuts. Sorry girls, but I married a dark haired beauty.......and she's vnuts too.....in fact, all women. In fact, I'm a bit over the edge myself. I suppose it all works out.........but the trial and tribulation. Couldn't things be made easier? Like Stefford Wives?

 

What fun would that be? What on earth would we do without all the ups and downs? Anyway, we men aren't exactly god's gift; we can be VERY hard to live with!

 

Suffice to say women hate men, and men hate women.

 

True......and so can they. My Grandfather always said: 'Women. You can't live with them and you can't live without them". Holds true today...........they drive you blasted bloody nuts, but you love and adore them in the end.

 

Oh my goodness (as John Wooden used to say as his "fiercest curse" at UCLA basketball practice), are we perhaps dealing in just a wee bit of over-generalization here? Just asking.

 

That's how I got the ones I have. Buy a bunch of coins get a freebie. The ones I have are from Canada like the Poppie and Breast Cancer quarters and the 2017 150th set.