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Valued Member
Australia
95 Posts |
I find that the colourised coins which only have a little colour on them, I like. But the coins which are full colour on one side I find way to colourful to be a good coin in my personal collection.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Just garbage designed to separate you from your hard-earned money, with no re-sale potential.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I only have one colorized NCLT coin: Cameo proof silver plated crown size Cook Islands 2009 one Dollar, showing "Wonders of Nature - Grand Canyon"It is a beautiful coin. I bought it from a dealer's junk box at a coin show, for $2. That, in my opinion, is all that it is worth.  , so I broke even. The gimmik effect fails for me - value perhaps as an art object - but negligible numismatic value. A safe bet that the original buyer paid more that $2. Therefore, a failure in the numismatic aftermarket. 
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11951 Posts |
Quote: Just garbage designed to separate you from your hard-earned money, with no re-sale potential. A good honest statement, that really touches on the different types of collectors we see here on CCF. There is a group that leans toward only quality coins that have a chance of gaining value in the future. Then there is another group where this is a hobby to have fun with. They are the roll searchers ... the hole fillers and the collectors that enjoy searching the junk boxes for treasure. Of course some collectors can fall into many different groups. As for colorized coins, I think very few have a chance of increasing in value. For me picking up colorized coins at or near face value add variety to my collection. My grandkids like them too.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5174 Posts |
Quote:1) Incuse design (US $2.50 and $5.00) 2) Bimetallic (US $10.00 Library of Congress, and others) 3) Coins with holes (DK 5 kronor, etc.) 4) Odd shapes (square, etc.) 5) Ultra high relief (2009 US $20) 6) Colorized (aforementioned RCM coin) 7) Rounded coins (US baseball dollar) 8) Coins with stuff glued on (aforementioned RCM coin -- it kills two birds with one stone) 9) Extra large or small ( 5-oz libertad, 1100s Hungarian denar -- at 9mm) 10) others that I've forgotten for now. Out of your 9 points (number 10 is too generic), 2, 3, 4 and 9 are popular to collect (I have a few of every "gimmick" in that list except very large - my largest coin is only a Catherine II 5 kopek, less than two ounces). Are there any non-expensive examples of incuse designs (your point 1)? I'm thinking of 1960s Swedish ore, in particular, but I'm not sure how incuse it needs to be to count. (If the 1960s Swedish coins count, I also have a few.) Points 5, 7, and 8 are by necessity expensive. No, I don't have any (though Byzantine scyphates would probably count for 7, and are cheap enough that I could easily afford one; I'd like an example of 5 too, but it's orders of magnitude above my budget). That leaves the one point the thread is all about - colorized coins. I do not believe I actually have any "with a sticker on it" colorized coins like the OP. If I ever found one, I would have probably tried to give it away to somebody. I do, however, have - or so my memory says, it's been several years, and I can't recall seeing it lately - at least one properly colorized coin; as far as I can figure out from cross-checking pictures and memory, it probably was a Canadian 2010 double poppy quarter. Even my mother - who does not collect coins - agreed it was pretty.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1088 Posts |
I would say strongly dislike as well. They really don't appeal to me at all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5856 Posts |
In general, I hate, hate, HATE colorized coins since they just look cheap and tacky to my eyes, regardless of whether they are made by a mint or done aftermarket.
Having said that, I will admit that I have a fondness for selectively plated silver coins (e.g., with gold accents). To each his own, eh?
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5174 Posts |
The problem with colorized coins is that it's hard to equate something like the Canadian 2006 pink ribbon and 2010 double poppy with stuff like the Elvis stickers in the OP (or the similar stuff actually produced by many modern mints).
The former is beautiful, despite - and perhaps because of - being colorized; the latter is almost universally ugly.
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Moderator
 United States
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I tend to agree with that because it follows the line which separates the "good" stuff from post mint damage.
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Valued Member
United States
430 Posts |
I do like the 3 Australian mint constellation coins Crux,Pavo,and Orion. I wish I had bought one when they were released. The Crux coin has gone up in value 3-4x. These coins are both #6 and #7 on the gimmick list. In general I don't like painted on coins, but who am I to say what another collector likes or dislikes. I also own a "racketeer" nickel. Where does that fall in the spectrum.
Edited by Wizzy1 07/06/2016 5:32 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
GR58 is right - if you can get them at or near face value, then it makes sense. Otherwise, they always remind me of "collector plates" or can't-miss Franklin Mint stuff that has cost people untold sums of money. 
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
During the mid sixties I painted the back of every quarter I didn't want red. Several years 1965 to 1967. And I did some CRH. I just happened to have access to red paint, and when I started getting them back I'd move on.  But other than that, I wouldn't pay extra for one. Maybe for a hobo nickel.
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Moderator
 United States
188924 Posts |
I would not pay more than face and I would not cringe if I got one in a roll or change. Worse case, acetone can correct most bad paint jobs. 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
 I was starting to feel ashamed.
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Valued Member
United States
137 Posts |
I'm generally not a fan of enameled coins since I feel it detracts from the original design and beauty, and silver/gold plated coins are usually overpriced in my opinion.
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