Coloured Euro coins or post mint damage, where is the line?

Hi

There are multiple sites of colored Euro coins on Numista, which in same original non-colored issue are used as a currency in Eurozone (I am sure that pretty much everyone would accept colored coins as a mean of payment). I am only listing pieces with same denominations as being in circulation. The question does not apply on flood of other fantasy denominations made solely for profit.

Here are some pieces:

N#183033

N#67424

N#78890 (same KM as https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces76635.html?? - other similar cases is this cool with everyone?)

N#77126

N#124498

N#134283

N#419643

N#41998

N#56263

N#104607

N#54432

N#59563

N#218051

N#218049

N#218048

N#131803

N#377860

N#164656

N#105042

N#422023

So if I get this right, if Euro coin is colored by the officially approved mint for same Euro coins, they can color the coins all they like and Numista accepts these pieces, but at the same time does not accept pieces, which are colored by mint, which did not mint the coin itself? Like for instance colored Finnish 2 Euro “10 Years of Euro Cash” coin, probably colored by Bavarian mint. I would just like to know if we can expect some additional deviations from Numista rules in future?

Thank you

mikimaus

So if I get this right, if Euro coin is colored by the officially approved mint for same Euro coins, they can color the coins all they like and Numista accepts these pieces, but at the same time does not accept pieces, which are colored by mint, which did not mint the coin itself? 

I think you summed it up nicely … kind of colored by the original mint and not by anyone else after being issued.

BramVB

mikimaus

So if I get this right, if Euro coin is colored by the officially approved mint for same Euro coins, they can color the coins all they like and Numista accepts these pieces, but at the same time does not accept pieces, which are colored by mint, which did not mint the coin itself? 

I think you summed it up nicely … kind of colored by the original mint and not by anyone else after being issued.

So using the same KM number is also right?

mikimaus

BramVB

mikimaus

So if I get this right, if Euro coin is colored by the officially approved mint for same Euro coins, they can color the coins all they like and Numista accepts these pieces, but at the same time does not accept pieces, which are colored by mint, which did not mint the coin itself? 

I think you summed it up nicely … kind of colored by the original mint and not by anyone else after being issued.

So using the same KM number is also right?

No, different catalog numbers. If a mint issues two coins with similar design, one colored and another uncolored, they should have different catalog numbers as they are different mint items.

An example:

N#73630 KM# 1851.1

N#73632 KM# 1851.2

The coloring of a coin outside the mint it is PMD and the colored and uncolored version have the same catalog number when considered as a coin. If the colored version is considered exonumia it could get a separate exonumia catalog number.

I wish you guys would spell Coloured correctly. 🙄

Mike

brismike

I wish you guys would spell Coloured correctly. 🙄

 

Mike

Numista is redlighting me. 😎