Colorised Coins

I like them but don't collect them.

Tim

Well! From this poll I can see I am well and truly in the majority. The results are heavily swung against colorised coins.

Thanks to all who participated.

Steve

I'm not real fond of them. If someone paints a coin, it's an altered coin, and what value is there to an altered coin. I've no doubt that there are those who think they're pretty spiffy, but, for my money, I'll stick with the real thing.

Why not? Color coins have the right to exist. I like some of them very much. It could be a subject of a separate collection.

I see nothing wrong with them. If there was no market for them no one would be making them so that means a lot of people are buying them. Just like so many oil paintings, these coins will never be worth a lot of money but they are appealing for looks to many. Like the old saying "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"

Like anything, it can be overdone.

I am looking at the latest brochure from Downies offering me ONE Colorised 1oz Silver USA legal tender dollar coin with Elvis in Las Vegas...for $69.50

Then I noticed, just undernearth that advertisement I can get a set of four 1oz silver eagles with FOUR different color pictures of Elvis for $159.95 for the set, these are celebrating 25th Anniversary 1977-2002.

And under that advertisement is TEN legal tender 2002 Tennessee quarter coins with colored pictures of Elvis. These are "Officially approved by Gracelands.", whatever that means. the complete set of 10 coins is for sale at $99.95

Over done? Not yet...the next page has a set of THIRTY TWO coins. THIRTY ONE of them colorised Half Dollars plus a "bonus" shing JFK Half dollar Reverse. "The officially approved issue, authorised by Elvis Presley Enterprises, 31 of the 32 coins carry an image from one of the King's 31 feature films..." This set is selling for $349.

ELVIS overkill. 46 colorised Elvis legal tender coins (and a half dollar) with a face value of $23.50 coins selling for $678.40.

The advrertisement then goes on to other subjects for colorised coins, such as "The Masterpieces of World Art", "Icon of the Road" (cars), "A World Tour" (international tourist attractions), as well as different colored Kennedy half dollars and coloured Sacagawea dollars, etc etc.

It's easy to see that whoever is making these coin can come up with whatever subject they like and produce as many as they can before the market colapses and these coins become worth little more than face value.

If you do want any of these coins, I'd advise to be patient as I think these coins will sell for very cheap on the secondary market in the next few years.

I like Toast's post, he gets it right...these "value"-added colorizers are sucking bucks from a gullible public, IMOH...they will be worth face value as an altered coin in any collection.

for those who like the things, no offense meant...just my opinion as a collector of coins who doen't like colorizing in any form on coins...after all, how can you beat the natural color of copper, silver, or gold?
That said, the ugly sac dicoloration could be enhanced with a little color! lol