So I’m sure this has been on going discussion. Ive been reading about milk spotting since I️ have been purchasing numerous pf70 silver eagles for my relatively new collection. How common is it? Will I️ be able to see them by eye? Does deep and ultra cameos help against this issue?
The problem is most common on Silver Maple Leafs. They can be seen by eye if the grow. Many people are beginning to wait for a high grade silver coin to be encased for several years so that if there is the potential for milk spots they will reveal themselves.
Crazy been on a buying rampage on pf 70 silver eagles u/d cams mostly from eBay 2014-new 2018 a lot still being shipped freaking out since I️ heard about the issue
How common is it? If I️ purchase a coin on eBay like I️ have been will I️ notice it by eye? If I’m buying deep cameo silver eagles does that help in anyway protect them from milk spotting?
Milk spots are caused by an improper rinse of the planchet before striking. Whether a coin is DCAM or not has nothing to do with milk spots. No offense intended, but it sounds to me like you are buying 70's because the label says it is. If you can't tell the difference between a PF70 and a PF69, then you are wasting a lot of money. All it takes is the tiniest nick in the cameo to cause a coin to be a 69, and an experienced collector can spot these imperfections. There are a lot of 70's floating around in the marketplace that should really be 69's. Chris
Milk spots are very obvious to see. I'd still recommend getting a good loupe to do some detective work. IMHO, PRooF-69 is the better deal in general.
I have found that once a year or better has passed, if the coin has no milk spots then you are likely good to go.
Fairly common. And yeah I know that's probably not the kind of answer you want but that's about the only kind of answer you can get. There simply isn't any way to put a number on it. But maybe this will help - it's common enough that PCGS has had a standing reward offer for many years now of $25,000 for anybody who can come up with a way to remove milk spots from coins without damaging the coins. Yes, most definitely. Here's a couple of pics posted by other members. No, it doesn't have anything to do with it.
They show up really well in-hand using florescent light but that will not help if it is an image on Ebay.
