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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 259621, member: 39&quot;]The Austrian titanium (Ag/Ti) schilling coins were not actually colored; they do that with the niobium (Ag/Nb) euro pieces though. But it seems that what the Canadian Mint is something different:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;7,000 of these coins are being issued with the reverse finished in stunning metallic blue hues, achieved through a unique, leading edge plasma effect. The RCM is the first Mint in the world to produce this jewel-like finish on a coin, by virtue of a proprietary coating which can produce different colours by varying its thickness. The blue effect was chosen to evoke the cold climate of both poles. Thanks to the efforts of the RCM&#039;s R&amp;D team, the RCM continues to be a world leader in its field.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2007/03/c2833.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2007/03/c2833.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2007/03/c2833.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If they were simply doing what other mints have done for a couple of years, they would probably phrase their press releases differently. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don&#039;t want any of those plasma effect coins, but it would surely be interesting to see an actual piece and compare it to other coins with color effects ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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