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Valued Member
Canada
98 Posts |
Say you were going to buy a brand new coin as an investment.
There are two options, you could buy a colourised version with a production run of 2 million, or the non colourised version with half the production of 1 million.
In your mind, which would be the more valuable of the two?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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2 million and 1 million only mild scarcity for both, and if NCLT, not even scarce. If both new issue, don't let the marketing people get at you. In terms of value, the numismatic aftermarket market will determine the relative value for you. In this situation, just buy what you like the most.
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Valued Member
 Canada
98 Posts |
Thanks for the answer sel_69l. To clarify, new circulation issue.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Since it's a new circulation item and in the quantities you quoted, I wouldn't consider it an investment item. Go with the one that would please you more.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12477 Posts |
 I don't think there will be enough of a difference to matter. I think non-colorized coins generally appeal to a broader market, but that's pretty subjective.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5172 Posts |
Obviously non-colorized, unless the coloring is really pretty, in which case I'll try to get both.
Now if the mintages were inverted, with the colorized version less common (as is in fact usually the case), I'd have seriously considered it...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Tuff decision. Colorized coins are popular with masses that are not coin collectors. Non colorized coins are popular with coin collectors. Just depends on where you want to sell.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Over the last five years or so, the Royal Australian Mint has been issuing Two Dollar colorized coin into circulation with mintages in the two million range.
Just enough for the non numismatic general public to perceive them as as rare, (although at two million mintage, they are not), and pull them out of circulation for safe keeping. A tidy little profit for the Mint, because they cost a lot less than two dollars each to produce.
I admit: I am somewhat of a sucker for collection of two examples of each at face value, but beyond that, I just recirculate any that I find. I certainly don't see them as an investment, but a loss for me at two dollars per coin. That's the price of collecting them.
Such coins can sell for double face value or more amongst collectors, but the Mint has already taken it's nice little profit.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7936 Posts |
I haven't bought a brand new coin in 40 years, and I don't buy coins as investments, so ... 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1613 Posts |
I collect coins primarily, those meant for circulation and their proof variant meant for collectors. So personally, if it were a particular commemorative I may buy it colorized regardless of mintage total. If I were buying as an investment or profit I would almost certainly buy the colorized version. World coins have been offered in various colored versions for years, their offerings increasing drastically in the last three to four. The market has exploded to the point where coinage has changed to meet this new market. For instance, Canada offers a glow in the dark coin, Australia has gem embedded coinage and England has photographic coinage. And the United States finally realized this with the release of it's first non-tradition coin, the 2020 Basketball.
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Edited by Ballyhoo 02/13/2021 08:53 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5239 Posts |
My guess is that if they are RCM products, both will drop in value within a year. In other words, neither are a good investment. Buy the one you like better-now or when the price is lower in a year.
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