New Silver Eagle SF Mint Two-Coin Set

Agreed, I generally havent had problems with milk spots but I guess it shouldnt be a surprise with the other issues the mint messed up at least a batch of planchets. They seem to either do real well or real bad with that.


I agree too if somethings only visible under 10x theres no need to worry about it

Everything I've read about milk spots always says theyre a result from an improper washing or drying, I dunno if anyone else has ever seen things that say otherwise but if they have Id love to read it. If it was from the slab I would assume we would see a lot more of it across different series. I'm sure it happens but they seem to be mostly an ASE problem at least from what I've seen

The thing that gets me about it is that pcgs ngc use the same slabs for all coins, but it seems like the ASEs are responsible for a large percentage of this problem. If the mint used the same chemicals or process for all of them why does this series seem to be a victim more than others even more than the silver commems (which in my experiences searching for them dont seem to get hit by it very often).

It appears to be a perfect storm with us being caught in the middle. The mint doesn't care because they hold up pretty well on their own and the tpgs arent going to redo their slabs over 1 problem series. I wonder if theres a certain way of storing the slabs that makes this more likely with this series as well. I know people are generally more confident with slabs and dont take the same precautions with storage as they do their raw coins

Excellent point. Makes it a real challenge to decide between buying raw or 69s.

If you can depend on the quality of grading and reporting, at least the purchase of 70s could be determined
with some success, leaving future value open to speculation.

Even if the commems have the same wash, they might not spot as much because of the alloy, 90% Ag, 10% Cu. All dollars, halves, quarters, and dimes are the same 90% stuff. The only other .999 things that come to mind are the ATB pucks and the 9/11 commem medals.

And the irony is how different the results might have been, if the same 10 sets were sent in by a vendor in a bulk submission.

I would like to note that I have been a member of PCGS for a couple years now and have submitted over 100 coins (Morgans, Gold, Modern) and I have never been disappointed. Of course I have gotten a coin back that I wish would have graded higher, but in the end, I have no sour feelings towards PCGS. They are just doing their job in my opinion. The Q&C issues with the SF mint in this case, now that is a SERIOUS PROBLEM IMO. I remember reading that they had all this new technology and that they had taken away flaws from human hands and they replaced them with flawless machines. That there would be no more errors and just perfect coins getting struck there... HOGWASH, I call BS and that is my final word with that. Good luck to everyone with these sets, as I surely hope your experience would be much better than mine.

Erik