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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 678814, member: 4703&quot;]Whoa!&nbsp; Hang on there!&nbsp; Just a minute!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Correct me if I&#039;m wrong, but CoinTalk is a numismatic forum, not a souvenir collector&#039;s gabfest!</p><p><br /></p><p>So hold on young lady - colorized state quarters are <i><b>not</b></i> mint products.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are <u>altered</u> coins, and whatever they may be worth to souvenir collectors, their numismatic value is zilch!</p><p><br /></p><p>So far, at least (thank goodness), the US Mint has not followed in the footsteps of the Japan Mint, so unlike the 47 Provinces series, the 50 State Quarters (and their extension the District/Territory Quarters) leave the mint as unpainted metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW what am I missing about this topic?&nbsp; So far as I am aware the US Mint has <i>never</i> issued a colorized coin, or threatened to do so.&nbsp; All the mint-produced colorized coins are from other countries, so why was this thread placed (and allowed by the Mods to remain) in the US Coins forum rather than either Coin Chat or World and Ancient?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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