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New Member
Canada
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I like colorized coins - when I can find them. The colorized quarter hasn't come my way in circulation yet this year, but I did get the twonie!
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Valued Member
Canada
220 Posts |
I like them, it makes day to day small change transactions interesting when you see a coloured coin pop up...also, I think it's something that would inspire a young person to become a collector...
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12477 Posts |
Colourised coins hold no interest for me. It cheapens them and makes them closer to tokens for me. However, if the colour changes are from different metals being used and their natural colour, I'm on board!  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5585 Posts |
I think that colorized coins further show the depths that the RCM can sink in trying to flood the market with non-numismatic crappola. I don't mind the select few that have been for normal circulation coins, but their output of NCLT has gotten out of hand. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 okiecoiner, NCLT colour coins are rampent with no way to keep up. By my count there is only 17 colour quarters, in circulation, from 2004 to date. I remember when the first 2004 Poppy came out. It was ground breaking, and loved by everyone. Very fitting for our vets, and in my opinion, along with the 08,10,15 Poppy coins, has re-charged the people of this country to "Remember". A feather in the mints cap, intended or not , it is a good thing. The poppy coins hold a special spot for me. Rememberance Day is a week away on a Sat. Crowds will be big, as it should be. I also would like to point out that most of the coloured quarters have a match that is not coloured. Only the first 3 colour quarters, and the 10 poppy stand alone. I like this. Now you have 2 of the same coin to collect, but different. And it sort of fits in with the circulation end. Now we have a colour toonie, when will we see a loonie?  Like it or not, the colour is here to stay, and will probably grow. I hope it stays respectable, not like the NCLT. "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
In memory of those members who left us too soon...
In memory of Tootallious March 31, 1964 - April 15, 2020
In memory of crazyb0 July 27 2020. RIP.
In memory of T-BOP Oct. 12, 1949 - Jan. 19, 2024
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think the OP was talking about circulation coins (and that's the topic of this section of the forum) so I'll limit my comments to those coins without slagging NCLT. The coloured circ coins are definitely eye catching and encourage collecting. That's a good thing IMO. It seems most of the negatives are from our American cousins so I wonder if they have the same opinion of US Mint circ commemoratives or if it's just the splash of colour that is so off putting? BTW, this one is a PMD so it doesn't count but maybe it is the loonie the RCM should have done. Looks much better than the plain one they issued. Even with that ugly TML logo.  borrowed from ebay: Edited by CC-Ottawa
11/04/2017 12:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If you are referring to me and my opinions on colorized coins, I happen to have lived up here in the T.O. area for the last 20 years(and collected for 50) ... and I feel that the RCM has far outdone the US MInt as far as putting high-priced crappola out into the marketplace. I also think that these colorized coins actually greatly detract from getting newbies started in numismatics, especially when they try to resell the stuff that they have accumulated and see 40 cents on the dollar. I think that people need to learn at an early age that almost everything in life doesn't need to be jazzed up to be interesting. I think that the RCM should feel ashamed of a great deal of the stuff that they have spewed out. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It seems most of the negatives are from our American cousins so I wonder if they have the same opinion of US Mint circ commemoratives or if it's just the splash of colour that is so off putting? We don't really have circ commemoratives anymore like you guys or the Aussies do. I guess you could consider the ATB Quarters to be that, but a lot of those had designs that look identical and people are pretty meh on most of them. It does seem like a lot of the critical comments are from people who are lumping mint issue and the circulation color coins into one big group of anything that's colorized. Overall I can't say that I am surprised by the varied responses as some collectors still feel clad coins aren't worth collecting at all. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4867 Posts |
Yes, my intention of this thread was to discuss thoughts on circulatig coloured coins, not NCLT coloured coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2360 Posts |
I have saved these for a few years, I like the large Poppy Quarter put out in 2015, really nice design. Always liked the Millennial coins in special colour versions. The quarter this year is nice. I usually order an Uncirculated Set for these special releases to have pristine coins under wrap.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote:We don't really have circ commemoratives anymore like you guys or the Aussies do. I guess you could consider the ATB Quarters to be that, but a lot of those had designs that look identical and people are pretty meh on most of them. Yes I was referring to the on-going ATB program as well as the 50 states, DC and Territories etc. of the past. I don't know the mintages of those coins but I suspect there are tons of them in circulation and I seem to often find them in change in the US. By contrast, the 1992 provinces & territories, 1999/2000 millennium as well as the previously mention coloured coins seem to be relatively rare finds in Canada despite millions and millions of them being issued. Do we just tend to save unusual coins more so than our neighbours? Or is this a consequence of the ARP for the older coins? Is there some other reason? Mostly rhetorical, those are probably questions for a new thread. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't know the mintages of those coins but I suspect there are tons of them in circulation and I seem to often find them in change in the US. By contrast, the 1992 provinces & territories, 1999/2000 millennium as well as the previously mention coloured coins seem to be relatively rare finds in Canada despite millions and millions of them being issued.
Do we just tend to save unusual coins more so than our neighbours? I would suspect some of yours get saved at a higher rate and some of it is the higher mintage of the ATB for the difference in ease of finding them. The ATB mintages most of them are in the 100s of millions. The lowest one for that series is still 44 million so they are also probably a lot more plentiful to begin with. |
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New Member
Canada
7 Posts |
I like them. It shows how creative you can be with circulation issues. It also helps attract new collectors. I have a seperate binder for commemoratives & they're all in there together.
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Valued Member
United States
467 Posts |
My quarter collection stops at 1968. After that there's just too much to keep up with and without silver content I just don't have a high level of interest. I hope to the coin gods that the U.S. mint doesn't follow in the RCM's footsteps. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
As for the ATB Quarters I don't care about them. These programs just last too many years. The designs would actually be better suited to a larger coin such as a half or an Ike dollar sized coin. |
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