Colourized Coins

I'm not familiar with the coins your talking about but when it comes to colorized coins altogether I generally do not like them and believe they look tacky.

2004 Rememberance Day


2006 Brest Cancer



2008 Armistice



Could not find a 2009 Canadian Olympic coin, but his is the 2002 coin set


and here is the 2010 Gold Olympic coin

Those 2002 coins are actually from 2009. The moment is from Canada's hockey win at 2002. Up close they look all square-ish and poorly designed IMHO. Maybe they should dye/spray them instead, but I'd rather these types be abandoned soon. The colour doesn't last long.

I agree with Wpg.
Any circulation coin that encourages a second look from a non-collector or sparks an interest in the hobby is great stuff.
My only quibble with the Moments coloured coins is their totally banged up appearance. Beyond "bag marks"

Yes MrCanada the "Armistice"quarter was put into circulation in 2008.
it was double dated 1918-2008.I saved about a half dozen when they first came out.As far as "Souvenir" goes I don't know what it means.
French for "Remember" maybe? I don't know I don't speak French myself. Can someone else help here?

Well..........I found this antiquated topic while looking for something else. I read through it and it appears that colored coins weren't much of a 'hit' several years ago. I am very curious if the opinion is still the same or has the style gained any popularity?

As for myself, I recently have expanded my quarter sets to include ALL quarters made; including the basic circulated, colourised, painted, and decal coins. I highly like quite a few types, some are 'ok', and there are also some I don't like, but my plan is to 'get-em-all'!
My basic collecting has faded a bit lately since my want-list is down to coins that are well over $100 each in lower grades; so I'm finding that picking up some lower priced NCLT coinage helps my hunting active.

I remain more of a traditional collector and prefer coins that make use of highly-detailed engraved designs vs. coins that have colour painted on their flat surfaces.

My preferences aside, it is clear that the popularity of collecting colorized coins has increased greatly since 2010. Full-disclosure: I have several colourized coins in my modern NCLT collection.

The technology for painting colours on coins is much better today - and getting better all the time! - and some of the current RCM coins are, admittedly, quite attractive (the recent $20 silver Mountain Bluebird coin comes to mind).

Still, a finely-engraved unadorned coin whose design can stand on its own in gleaming silver or gold remains my preference.

Last year's flag and poppy quarters look outstanding; the color so 'rich'. True, some of the older circulated varieties look more like they were stained instead of painted, but I also think that the RCM has been upgrading the technic of late.

I finished re-typing my Canadian quarter want list, and the number needed has grown from 15 to 211, with 119 of them colourised types. I've already picked up several colourised coins this year (Canada Day, Christmas Day, NHL Hockey, birthday, wedding, congratulations, Olympic, Titanic, Coast Guard, etc) and am waiting for a few more in the mail.

I haven't yet started getting any of the 'bird' or 'duck' quarters, but I think those are wonderful too!