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BU Silver Dollars With Dark Spots

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 Posted 06/10/2022  01:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add j00s to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My guess is that it was dipped and not properly removed leaving what I call a lil' AcidBurn tsssss..
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 Posted 06/10/2022  02:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you return bullion coins, you pay at least forwarding shipping costs, and some suppliers may charge you return costs as well.
For a coin that has a value strictly based on bullion value, shipping costs are not justified.
For any bullion coin any extra costs make the original purchase cost unviable.
Such coins will still sell directly back into the bullion market for their bullion value anyway

So just keep them; you should not loose on a re sale.

For any future bullion investment, you may wish to choose a different bullion supplier.

Quite often, a stasher will buy a bullion item in pristine condition, only to find some sort of deterioration during their period of ownership. Also not a worry if you strictly buy as bullion, and re sell strictly as bullion.

Normal precautions should be taken to preserve their original blast white appearance, which may make re sale easier later on.
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 Posted 06/10/2022  02:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add captainmandrake1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Based on my research and other local coin dealer these should have been stored properly and are being sold as new. Why would you think the spots are not a quality issue?

If they're being sold as new you have a reasonable expectation that they won't have carbon spots on them. The coins pictured are 1998 and 2003, though, so if you want relatively pristine coins (which is a reasonable desire), you might want to check with sellers first. I've seen APMEX sell junk silver at difference prices depending on the condition. Junk silver is also not technically a collectible, but some folks like their bullion in nice shape while others like to play with it so it gets spots/environmental damage.
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 Posted 06/10/2022  6:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

All sound advice above. But Bullion is a silver investment coin - not for a collector actually, but they have been bought up just for that purpose - most likely due to the relative low purchase price
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As bullion coins age they can develop milk spots, carbon spots, scratches, etc. depending on minting process and how they are handled/stored. When my LCS buys older ASE he sorts them according to their condition. He sells them as either Less than Perfect or Perfect, the perfect at a higher price. This way buyers know what they are getting and are not disappointed.
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