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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2128006, member: 73555&quot;]Thirty years ago, did anybody talk about milk spots, or is it a new artifact of the computer age?</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me take it a step further, IF we agree that it&#039;s a fairly-recent phenomenon.</p><p><br /></p><p>I assume that, thirty-fifty-eighty years ago, most silver coins (including Proofs) were struck from newly-mined silver.&nbsp; Now, maybe the major portion of silver coins are struck from recycled silver (don&#039;t know??), and that this fact &quot;changes&quot; the outcome, making coins susceptible to milk spots.&nbsp; Just a theory.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do we ever see milk spots on 1940 Proof Sets?&nbsp; 1950 Sets?&nbsp; 1955 Sets?&nbsp; Or do all years get them, in varying proportions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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