Uruguayan colorized coins are commemorative circulating, but usually they are demonetized when issued "to preserve their numismatic value and conservation", so collector must decide byt themselves if including them.
Just 10 options: you understand binary, or you don't.
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Coloured = British spelling common in UK and British Commonwealth, same with words like Neighbour, Centre, Favour, Labour
Colored = American spelling, common in the USA, Caribbean and countries that speak English as a foreign language, same with words like Neighbor, Center, Favor, Labor.
The usage of z in words like Colorized is an Americanism as well, in the British world we use the s in place of z, so correct term would be “colourised”.
Of course to me the American versions burn my ears and I use only the British versions as people in New Zealand do.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Offa - You win this weeks prize for spelling “coloured” correctly. 😄
It seems Alexander wasn't taking any chance to offend anybody. The obverse is “colourized” while the reverse is “colorized.”
He failed. The word Colourized/Colorized offends me in this case. The term colourized was created to describe adding color to old black-and-white media (originally films) creating a new version of an old thing. Even extending media to include coin the term isn't appropriate here. There is no original uncolored coin that color is added to, the original coin is in color.
I can assure you both, New Zealand “coloured” circulating coins, were released in 2015 and 2018 based around World War One centenaries and promptly disappeared into the pockets of collectors and speculators. Issued in quantities of 1 and 2 million, most were given to Veterans families, armed forces, sold in packets or as rolls of 20 through our Post Offices!
Of the 2015 Anzac 50 cents, just 100k were released loose into circulation and 400k sold in rolls of 20. Coins appeared on Trade Me (Kiwi Ebay) in record time and the price of a 50c Anzac coin was ligged up to $3 in no time and now these coins sell at $7 each and $100 or more for a unopened roll of 20.
The 2018 Armistice coin was minted in 2 million and 1 million went to into circulation, but 800k were sold in rolls, and the Post Office limited sales of 1 roll person through mail order, up to 3 separate orders and all with a $5 postage and handling charge (Read mark up), yet still within nanoseconds, Trade Me scammers were selling qunatities of 1000 coins or more at 3 x Face value (Obviously the post office had mobutu like corruption) That coin is trading at $3 or so each and a roll around $50.
I have seen neither in circulation more than 2 months after release. Apart from design, the coins are the same size, weight and same cheap muck metal as a standard 50 cent coin.
Anzac and Armistice coins 2015 and 2018, minted out of nickel plated steel in Canada.
Since that date, no more coloured circulated coins have come out of NZ, our currency is boring as heck and even I wish we had some bubblegum issues like Australia does, coming out.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Offa - You win this weeks prize for spelling “coloured” correctly. 😄
It seems Alexander wasn't taking any chance to offend anybody. The obverse is “colourized” while the reverse is “colorized.”
He failed. The word Colourized/Colorized offends me in this case. The term colourized was created to describe adding color to old black-and-white media (originally films) creating a new version of an old thing. Even extending media to include coin the term isn't appropriate here. There is no original uncolored coin that color is added to, the original coin is in color.
Canada is issuing both coins with and without colors. Taking into account what you said, it's either a non-colored and a colorized coin or a decolorised and a colored coin.
Jokes apart, thanks for explanation, I always thought both words meant the same
One way to solve this issue would be for Numista to offer the forums and sites in American and British English to please everyone. Windows, Facebook, X and several other sites already allow you to choose what country English you wish to speak and I notice that Peninsular and Argentinian Spanish is slightly different from say Mexican and Cuban Spanish etc.
As much as I say American spellings burn my eyes, I am sure our British spellings would burn their eyes too.
Languages are constantly evolving and as they cross borders, they vary and thus differences erupt.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
