Now I'm hungry. There is a Dunkin Donuts 1.5 miles from me, 5 minutes in the car. And I know this now because of this post. Sigh. In general I don't collect the colorized stuff, but they do have some interesting crossovers. That said attempting a bullion 'type collection' became the gateway drug to my current collection. (I was looking to stack a tiny bit of gold before I knew what stacking meant, and wanted variety). 'Something Japanese' was needed as I was living there at the time, and so began a hunt for a gold Japanese commem. From there, well lets just say I've got a bunch of bean money and pre-Meiji stuff on my dining room table that I was just going through. But in addition to all that 'serious' stuff I do also collect the colorized prefecture coins, which are a pretty neat little trip around Japan. Colorized commems and I still like them. Go figure. The 'collectible bullion' has been converted to more 'real coins' though, but a few Britannias persist. The original commemorative: Colorized foolishness to some, but I still like it:
It actually sold out! How many I wonder. Nuts. And I don't mean "nuts, I wish I could have gotten one"!
crossovers, so to speak...getting others possibly interested in them, maybe eventually "real" coins, too?? lol
Can't imagine what it's like to have to grade a pink donut "ultra cameo". Kind of implies that they have to distinguish it from a plain cameo pink donut.
Strange but true. I alluded to it in my wordy post above. The TL;DR read version--shopping for bullion landed me interested in 'real coins'. The NCLT can be a gateway 'drug' for more 'serious' coins too. Especially for the younger crowd.