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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JrCoin, post: 679818, member: 18390&quot;]I believe the original intent was speculation as to why the united states does not produce colorized coinage and whether or not this will happen in the future.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t seem very likely, the U.S. for the longest time has sought ways to reduce the expense of minting coins, I find it difficult to believe colorized coinage would be cost effective for circulation.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That said, the modern coins seem to be taking on some, ahem, interesting fads in way of, um, tributes? I&#039;m finding it difficult to describe what is going on with modern issues....they are still stuck on dead presidents, but there seems to be a desire to diversify subject matter.&nbsp; You could very well see collector oriented colorized issues from our mint soon, IF they proved profitable.&nbsp; I doubt they would, and I must say I&#039;m a bit put off by the blatant commercialism of recent colorized coins.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For instance, I believe the Perth mint has two Transformers colorized silver coins issued for around $80 or so...if a mint is going to produce coins like that it should be child oriented to encourage the numismatic hobby for younger hobbyists, and priced accordingly.&nbsp; Children should have access to numismatic materials that would appeal to their interests and be obtainable on limited income, like an allowance.&nbsp; This would benefit the hobby more than expensive &quot;collectable&quot; garbage oriented towards &quot;adults&quot; who still behave like children.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think it&#039;s a reasonable goal, and would give all this advertising an outlet.&nbsp; Afterall, most people allow their children to wallow in commercialism.&nbsp; All manner of consumables are branded with Disney or other licenced merchandise to appeal to a childs need to conform and fit in.&nbsp; In the 80&#039;s many children collected stickers in &quot;albums&quot; just to have a book full of pictures they liked.&nbsp; In fact wasn&#039;t there a colorized childs toy like what I&#039;m talking about?&nbsp; Pogs I think...yeah I&#039;m pretty sure that&#039;s it.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So the Perth mint is making $80 pogs now.&nbsp; Huh.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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