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Pillar of the Community
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Probably the same thing people used say about people flying.  And people STILL keep tryin' to do that !  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yuck....I can't stand colorized coins! EDIT - One exception, I like my Benen pot coin, it's pretty cool and it smells like pot too. LOL  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
Edited by BadThad
03/14/2011 1:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I voted cringe and not buy. But after seeing this...  I might reconsider. Edited by KenRingold
03/15/2011 3:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If I want Funny Money, I'll go to Chuck-E-Cheez!
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I voted cringe and not buy. But after seeing this...I might reconsider. Interesting. That looks bimetallic, not 21st century colourized. I agree, it actually looks pretty good. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bimetallic is a whole different thing as opposed to painted or printed or crap on coins.
Apples to oranges.
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United States
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I agree, but I do not know that coin, so I do not know if it is bimetallic or coloured gold.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Considering the color doesn't go all the way through the coin, the chances are very good that it is selectively gold plated.
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New Member
United States
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If they colorize anything let it be the commemorative coin. keep the tradition of U.S. coins the same. Next thing will be a "Paint by number" Proof Set.  |
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Next thing will be a "Paint by number" Proof Set. Talk about cringing! |
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WOW ! That is a beautiful coin there from........... Kazakhstan ? ... I bet Condor is right......that it's "layered" in Gold or something, since it isn't showing on the reverse. I get all I know about Kazakhstan from this person.........  I, even further, marvel at the sight of this coin, while thinking of the Govt. and economy of this country being able to do anything like this ! Must have cost at least 250 goats to make this coin ! ......  ..  Edited by eaglefoot
03/16/2011 2:34 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Colored coins are not coins... They are trash and deserve to be thrown away.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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After further research, I checked to see if it was bi-metal and it is gilded. Definition of guiled; "1: to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold." Would this count as bi-metal, seen as how it is a covering? The original article I found this in, I can't find again, didn't mention this. But I did find this, http://eurocollections.com/store/pr....asp?id=5807 |
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Here is were I found it, and it does mention guilding. Sorry my bad. http://www. (020) Not Allowed - Auto-Removedmaster.com/product/silver-attila-the-hun-coin-w1798/editors-pick But it does look good. |
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Being Canadian I did not vote. I don't want to skew the results.
Some of the colourized coins do look cheap, but they are intended to catch the attention and bring to mind a certain topic. They work in that respect. I think the ones meant for circulation do look rather cheap up close, but do not look so bad at an arms length.
Interesting note, the olympic coloured circulation coins were painted by the mint. the one that were sold in the sets were painted by a third party. Technically, since the painting was done outside of the mint, the sets ARE post mint damage.
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