Some toning I can see. I was mainly referring to coins like the perth mythical creatures set. Or the perth lunar series, which some have that funky colored stuff on it to give it a better look?
I think that the mint colored coins are pretty cool. I hate those coins that were painted after they were minted though. I really hate the ones that were entirely colored with paint (mint of not!) it ruins the look of the coin. This is the kind of colorized coin I hate. I like this kind of colorized coin though. The only colorized coin I have was a painted half dollar that I found coin roll hunting, 10% of the paint was flaking off. It looked pretty bad.
Not crazy about colored coins or medals. Just give me a strong graphic design, or an elaborate "high-art" design. Proof and frosted-proof devices and fields are SO much more aesthetically pleasing.
I agree with the colored-coin dislikers. One problem is that the coloring often gets dingy and dark, so the coin just looks dirty.
I'm not a collector of artificial coloring on a coin, but what happened to the enhanced finish from the two coin ASE set, produced in 2013 by West Point? I thought it had a nice appearance and I expected to see more of it from the mint. It offered a more natural alternative to colorization. If designed properly, those I would collect.
The 50th Anniversary Kennedy 2014 Half-Dollar Silver Coin Collection and the 2014-D American $1 Coin and Currency Set both had "Enhanced Uncirculated" coins within them. The Kennedy was just so so but the Native American was much better IMO. However, since neither coin even comes close to the size of the SAE and considering the design limitations, they just didn't have the same "pop" as the SAE did.
I'm not a Kennedy or modern half dollar collector so I don't have one to compare. I have seen them but to me it's not the same. And the finish on the coin and currency set is nothing like the ASE set either. That one looks more like a weak reverse proof. They may call them enhanced, but they don't match up at all. However, the size of the coins may have a lot to do with how they appear to the eye. I was hoping for more "pop" on all specimens.
