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Just ordered 10 of them Mint Sealed (THERMOTRON) less chance of getting milk spots.  Edited by yingyang
12/18/2014 2:02 pm
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Just ordered 10 of them Mint Sealed (THERMOTRON) less chance of getting milk spots. I would agree, the chance is less, but: mine Grizzly in the "Thermotron" has been covered with the spots (not many) as well. The more durable (as per now) - the "Antelope" and "Bison" in the airtites - no milk spots at all. |
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As per my taste, the best Bullion Bald Eagle has been struck by Perth Mint (I think commissioned by GovMint) Really nice pieces... |
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Thats one UGLY MILK spot lol, I didnt remove my silver maples and antlopes to look , maybe better off not knowing, unless some day if silver goes up I might sell some singles on ebay or some such thing. but if silver keeps going down they will remain in their tubes most likly. |
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I happy I picked 3 of these Bald Eagles. Does anyone know the mintage of the 2014 Canadian Silver Peregrine Falcon?
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Heres my falcon. Noticed the eagle starting to milk also. I had a set of 5 each but when I saw the milk spots I sold 4 of each to just have a set of 1  |
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This is why no one should buy slabbed bullion coins with grades, even if you dont have milk spots on them, they will get them sooner or later.
I made the mistake of getting some graded slabbed bullion coins,,,, thinking it wouldnt happen or guarantee it wouldn't have them... but mistake. I ordered a couple graded slabs from modern coin mart, and the maples, even tho they were slabbed 69, they came to me with milk spots. I had a MS 70 Somalian elephant sold to me with milk spots.
Bottomline- dont pay for graded slabs because they will either be sold to you with milk spots or will get them and then you will have to sell for less than what you paid for if you do sell.
In the end, as these Eagle bullion coins show, they too will suffer from milk spots, so if you collect, dont pay up for slabs, just get it as it and remember you will get milk spots.
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100% of all silver maple leaf coins produced will eventually develop milk spots, so don't delude yourself. RCM Bullion is literally toxic, since buyers will treat milk spotted maples as generic rounds, as opposed the premium piece it is supposed to be, and is priced at. US Eagles, Austrian Philharmonics, and British Britannias are MUCH safer investments, and have MUCH lower mintages. Edited by Anjohl
12/30/2014 12:14 am
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US Eagles, Austrian Philharmonics, and British Britannias are MUCH safer investments, and have MUCH lower mintages. Unfortunately, on the all above I saw milk spots or whitish areas. Yes, much more rare, but still...."2012 Britannia" from RCM F15 (luckily I replaced them for Proofs) had milk spots. The single bullion coins, that I never never saw the milk spots - Australian Kookaburra, Koala and Zodiac coins. Rwanda - might be too, but I haven't had much of them. |
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Somali Elephants are especially prone.
1.5 ounce Polar bear.
None on the Lunar Series Privy marked SML's from 2012 to 2014.
Dragon, Snake, Horse, Satin finish on these coins, not linen.
Early days yet, here's hoping that a different technique was used.
Is it the detergent drying on planchets from the wash cycle? Jetdry?
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Actually ALL bullion coins are prone to milk spots. Maple leafs have just as much milk spots and Somalian coins, and guess what, Rwanda african wild life series also have milk spots; I have several with milk spots.
I repeat myself again to anyone who reads this, do not buy slabbed bullion coins as the grade will become useless and mean nothing when the milk spots appear.
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I repeat myself again to anyone who reads this, do not buy slabbed bullion coins as the grade will become useless and mean nothing when the milk spots appear.  Yep complete waste of your money. But some people are making good money selling Slabbed Bullion or atleast they were...  buyer beware I guess. There are quite a few articles about grading/slabbing bullion coins on the web if people are interested so I wont bother posting any. |
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SilverDan,
I have lunar snake and horse SML's that have milk spots. The maple leaf isn't that satin finish so its all milked up. I only buy 1 SML a year from now on to continue the collection. have sold off the rest of my SML's and now buy Libertads. They are a beautiful coin. I have not had any issues with milk spots yet and they are low mintage. 2014 Libertads have a mintage of like 500,000 or something. SML's are like 20 million? or something like that.........
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Good info Solidifier, I must have gotten lucky so far. I have one Libertad, like the finish. I like the Pandas, and ASE's, Kooks and Koalas, Saltwater Crocs from Perth. High relief Kook is nice. As Silveroid says, not seeing this problem on Australian coins. |
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I agree Australian silver is good. But not guaranteed to be milk free. I have seen pictures of Perth coins on the other forum that have muilk spots on them. So like said before all silver bullion could develop spots. Its just less likely with PM stuff. I find the worst is Canadian, Somalia Elephants and the philharmonics. Havent yet to see milk spots on Libertads and ASE's or generic stuff for that matter |
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