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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bone Head, post: 987948, member: 14057&quot;]<b>Milk spots / spots</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Mike.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to start by saying how fortunate I feel to be able to sit down with a bunch of knowledgeable and experienced numismatists and disect the finer points of the hobby with a razorknife....... Good point about the milk spots. When I see them I think of the remains of a water drop(s) that has evaporated. Or solvent that has been overused and contains impurities from previous usage. There many slabs with coins like these that have been legally and correctly conserved,&nbsp; (eg) NCS. Photography is one of my hobbies, so I am posting some 40X pics of the spots in question on that IKE.&nbsp; My agenda is the gathering and disemination of quality information.</p><p>[ATTACH]95095.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]95096.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]95097.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]95098This is relavent because it illust[/ATTACH][ATTACH]95099.vB[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I realise that anything over 20X (some would say 10X) makes the point moot.&nbsp; Past a certain point it doesn&#039;t much matter if the tiny spots are natural or not.&nbsp; Except to a dedicated (some would say fanatic) numismatic addict.&nbsp; The first pic in on the flat in the field.&nbsp; The others are on curved surfaces in the hair.&nbsp; A couple spots look normal with a point near the center and corrosion spreading out from it like one would expect to see around around a so called carbon spot.&nbsp; But a few others are shiny silvery bright with no surface damage as though some dirt or non corrosive contaminant had been lifted from the surface. No where on either side of the coin do I see, like, water spots or residual chemical (acetone) spots...&nbsp;&nbsp; Thx again for your comments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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