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Valued Member
Canada
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As long as they're circulation strikes I'll collect them. I don't like every design they put out and prefer the 'less is more' coloured coins like the previously mentioned 'Legendary Nature' and '1812' quarters. Was not a fan of the most recent 'Poppy' or the 2014 'Flag', but they were circulation so I kept one of each. Just an FYI, the image posted of the 'Pink Ribbon' quarter on page 1 is not a circulation quarter, that one came with a special bookmark and perhaps other sets (not sure, but I have the bookmark one) ... The circulation 'Pink Ribbon' looks like this:  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I will collect colorized coins that have been issued into circulation at face value.
A marketing gimmick otherwise.
The Royal Australian Mint does this sort of exercise approximately on a yearly basis.
Such coins are very difficult to find in circulation as one may well expect, because comparatively few are issued.
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Moderator
 United States
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I will collect colorized coins that have been issued into circulation at face value. I suppose I would as well.  Of course, that assumes I would find them in circulation. The current ATB run in the US has proven to be challenging. |
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New Member
Canada
48 Posts |
I agree - I dislike most of the coloured coins - they are an embarrassing FAD and in most cases I've seen look horrible after the colour starts to rub off.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4867 Posts |
I'm not really into the coloured coins but I collect the circulation strikes like many others here for the sake of continuity.
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Valued Member
Canada
95 Posts |
I am trying to collect the coloured circulation quarters the same as the regular quarters for the grandkids. But some colour quarters are so much harder to find than the others. Still looking for a couple from the Olympic set of 2010 and the remembrance red quarter from 2015 seems to be really hard to find.
Not sure why these are so much harder than others.
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New Member
Canada
24 Posts |
Reviving an old thread. Perhaps an obvious observation, but for anyone that receives a coloured quarter in their change and decides that it is quite dirty and needs an acetone bath, don't. It will certainly clean it up but it will also dissolve the colouring. The applied colour must be similar to nail polish.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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anyone that receives a coloured quarter in their change and decides that it is quite dirty and needs an acetone bath, don't. Thank you, PMCoin. I had wondered about that. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
Edited by HondoB
04/29/2025 12:39 pm
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Moderator
United States
187446 Posts |
Thank you. I know it has been discussed a few times in the past. My search only shows some really old topics and not anything more recent, so this is a good reminder to see again.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
634 Posts |
I like and collect the circulation colored coins.
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Moderator
Australia
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Yes, the ink used to colorize most circulating and non-circulating colorized coins is acetone-soluble. So don't use acetone on colorized coins.
A large proportion of the so-called "missing colour error" coins you might find on the Bay are actually normal colorized coins that have been acid-washed; the colour is only missing because someone washed it off.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I personally like he colored Canadian coins. I find them very refreshing from the same-old-same-old releases every year. I recently stopped collecting Canadian coins (I quit when they started releasing Chuckies) and acquired every colorized quarter, circulated and NIFC, aside from the 2007 Alpine Skiing and 2009 Xmas. Yes, some designs aren't much to talk about (like that 09' Santa), but many are well thought out and attractive. BTW, I also like the second-hand USA colored 50-state and ATB Quarters, but I'm not willing to pay more than 50-cents each for them. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I also collect the colourized coins, but often wondered about the life span of the colours. Do you think that in years to come the colours will survive even with proper storage ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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redlee, Canada has been making colored coins since 2000, and the ones I have all still look like the day they were minted. I'm not sure what they will look like another 25 years from now, but if I'm still alive at 95, I'll write you back and let you know. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1748 Posts |
My Canadian collection mainly runs from 1908 to the last year of 98 pct copper or 100 pct nickel, from cent to large dollar. I just cannot get into plated coins. Sorry but that's my fault.lol. I love the rather unknown history of the 1968-2001 pure nickel coins. The nickel is most often from the Sudbury region of Ontario. That nickel formed 1.85 billion years ago from an asteroid/comet impact. That's why the RCM ARP ticks me off. It's destroying history. Edited by DoubleEagle20
05/17/2025 3:06 pm
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