Enhancing Coins

I have a colorized shark coin from Australia that's cool, but I generally like my coins to be as struck. Something is lost when the minted surface is covered.

i voted bad not a big fan at all I just cant look at an enhanced or colorized coin as a real coin

Im opposed to the term enhanced ! like some how they are worth more of more attractive with the manipulated devices . when in reality they are and never will be anything but altered damaged coins .

as a collector I spend a great deal of time looking for coins which have not been cleaned,altered ,or otherwise tampered with .

in other words completely original even if that (original)includes honest wear from circulation .

I voted bad also, I admit to owning a few but for the event or curiosity not the value. At this years Peddler Fair there was a gentleman doing quite the business with his jewelry booth, all enameled, all colorized, and all coins. Morgan dollars to Sacageweas, even sets of cloisonne liberty head dimes as earrings, all said to be original coinage, prior to them being "processed". Now wouldn't this be the perfect venue for forgeries? Why ruin an actual coin when a fake would suffice with the same result? Oh well just my opinion, but it was sad to see them all sitting there, in their suits of baked enamel, with no way to return to their former state.

Now, how did I drop the "as" when I typed that?
I knew I should have "quoted" you and thrown in the .

It is important to stop sometimes and enjoy a good belly laugh.

I actually voted for colorizing some coins. I think most people here are being a little to one sided when it comes to coins. As collectors, naturally we all want the best from the Mint and not touched, colorized, plated, etc. But there are many, many people out there that are not collectors and a normal, everyday plain old Silver coin is just a coin to them. If colorized or plated those types of people will and do buy them. Maybe, eventually those people will also become coin collectors and change their ideas of coins but in the meantime, why not. There are companies that are making money selling doctored up coins and if there were none, they would be out of buisness or just not make as much. As long as there are enough untouched coins of each type for collectors, why not a few doctored up ones for the general populace?
I think doctoring up coinage is similar to copies of the old cars, copies of famous swords, etc. If there were none of those either, many people just could never afford the real thing.