Colorized coins

[Liberator-migration]

I've acquired a few "colorized" coins - (including a morgan and a peace dollar) and started asking myself some questions. Should I keep them as is or consider conservation to remove the "color" ? Does anybody collect these coins?

[bsshog40]

Most of these are baked on enamel. It would probably destroy the coin trying to have it removed. Probably just better left to keeping them or selling them as novelty coins. Most likely, the coins are so common also is why they are colored and probably wouldn't be worth the money to remove. There's always the silver that they are worth anyway!

[Liberator-migration]

Is it baked-on enamel or a type of decal? I thought maybe acetone or an ultra sonic cleaner might remove the substance. It they are just worth the silver, then an ultra sonic couldn't do any harm, right?

[Conder101]

Early ones were usually enamel but that was time consuming. They ten went to simple paint, then decals, and even a "printed" method where the image is literally sprayed on using the same technology as that used in color inkjet printers.