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Pillar of the Community
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I sold the milky leaf, and three others at $37.5/E.
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United States
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Got these spottless gems from TBK as well as a sealed ASE roll and a couple of Scotts stackers.... You cant go wrong with these and I hear a chemical dip or jeweler cloth can remove them harmlessly.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/15094882206....m1555.l2649Still, RCM messed up twice, first with their rolls TOO large for 25 coins, hence most dealers selling them with bubble wrap or tissue on top to prevent scuffing of coins banging around in transit and of course the ridiculous milk spots.... Hey people spend thousands of their own failing dollars for these coins and they spot up. I say RCM needs to address this in new rolls in 2013 and beyond or get past over by the competition.... Edited by Silverhawk74
11/17/2012 02:44 am
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United States
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My guess, Hawk, is that nothing will happen UNTIL their sales decline because of it. This is not a brand new problem, so they have not addressed this even though it is WELL known. They seem to be in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it mode" and they do not consider their process to be broken. Until they do, this will continue.
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That is true Ed they sell like hotcakes at higher premiums and most know they can remove and care less about the spots....
Since they can be removed it is not a big deal really and they do have great ever changing designs....
Nice to find them spot free however when you can, save the trouble of trying to get the cloths or dip solution....
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11/19/2012 3:46 pm
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Canada
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I bought 5 more today,examined them, and STILL ends do up with at least one with spots. I am going back to 90% and late 70's Mexican pieces for bullion, this is outrageous.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is true Ed they sell like hotcakes at higher premiums and most know they can remove and care less about the spots....
Since they can be removed it is not a big deal really and they do have great ever changing designs.... Its probably mostly that people dont care. Some people do collect them but being a bullion coin their main market will be stackers who I will guess the vast majority couldnt care less about the condition as long as theyre still an ounce of silver. |
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but being a bullion coin their main market will be stackers who I will guess the vast majority couldnt care less about the condition as long as theyre still an ounce of silver. Perhaps, BB. On the other hand, if all a person wanted was an oz. of silver, they could always buy those 1-oz. Buffalo rounds instead of any nation's official silver coins. Somehow, they just don't appeal to me even if they are a nice piece of silver. Not sure why... maybe I just never cared for most of the designs on the bullion rounds.  |
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I like some of the designs on some of those but prefer the government made ones myself. For me at least I'm sure part of it is that I cant really justify to myself paying a premium for a private round like that when you can get the ASE or whatever for basically the same price. Plus the government ones do have a chance of getting a numismatic premium or gaining some value (even the bullion ones) since they can only be made for that year and that year only. Not saying it would happen, but if anything were to get more popular and gain a premium it would be the government issued coins. |
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United States
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I do like the historic nature of many of the older coins, such as Morgan and Peace dollars, Walking Liberty halves, $20 St. Gaudens, and Winged Liberty dimes. Those are some really nice classic designs, IMO.  Those Buffalo silver rounds are often on sale for less than $1 premium per oz. so can be pretty cheap compared to ASEs, Maples, and other government minted coins. |
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I love the designs of most of our older coins, modern coins dont live up to what they replaced imo. The buffalo rounds are pretty nice but then it makes me wish I just had real Buffalo nickels. Thats really the problem I run into with the rounds, even though I like the rounds I wish I had the real coin instead |
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Canada
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But, Buffalo nickels are so abundant and cheap....if you can afford Buffalo Rounds...can't you afford many, many Buffalo nickels? PS, I love American coinage myself. I always have, ever since I was a child. I think part of it had to do with how odd it was compared to our coinage, with no queen or king, different people on the back across the different coins, and I loved how US "nickel" coins were not magnetic, and had that red tint on the edge! Fast forward to now, I love the fact that the US does not have to have one steady obverse, and I find the desings to be works of art. I think Canada had some beautiful coins as well, particularly the 1967 set, the Voyageur Dollars, and the old crest Halfs. I do think the US designs are "grander" and more majestic. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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True about the nickels which is what I end up doing if I want that design, hence the problem with it on a silver round for me.
I do like the new quarter reverses we have here in the US but other things like the new nickel are blah at best and that one is ugly to me. Canada does have some interesting coins, I still have a bunch of ones from the 90s when I went there
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I love your new quarter obverse..US State Quarters are in.my top 10-15 designs. |
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I loved the idea of the State Quarters as well. Some came out not as good as they could have been but most were good or very good. The new America the Beautiful ones have been pretty good so far too. Either way it was a nice change |
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Is there anything that one can do to retard the potential of milk spots occurring on coins that are prone to developing the spots? This is a different question than how to remove them once they have already developed. For example, does moisture or air hasten the development of spots? What about the presence of certain chemicals in the environment where the coins are being kept? Do any hasten or retard the development?
Any insight would be appreciated.
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Posted 11/17/2012 02:41 am
