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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rs7118, post: 1407542, member: 37211&quot;]I have a buffalo that I purchased from the mint, stored it in the original mint packaging and noticed a red spot &quot;growing&quot; last year. I wrote to the customer care center at the mint last week and low and behold, they set up a call with the quality control department.&nbsp; I sent them some very good, high density pictures and got a reply just today: (I deleted the guys name and email address in fairness to him)</p><p><br /></p><p>[TABLE=&quot;width: 100%&quot;]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<b>From:</b> xxxxx, xxxxx [mailto: <a href="mailto:xxxxx.xxxxx@usmint.treas.gov">xxxxx.xxxxx@usmint.treas.gov</a>] </p><p><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 30, 2012 9:59 AM</p><p><b>To:</b> Rick Scott</p><p><b>Subject:</b> RE: Customer web inquiry - Red spot on Gold Buffalo</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mr. Scott,</p><p>After conferring with a few of my colleagues, we believe that’s it’s a drop of oil. Obviously we’ve seen spots on coins for several different reasons (some of them still unknown), but in this particular case given the information and pictures you have provided, our best guess is a drop of residual oil may have been left behind from when the press operator lubricates the blanks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The size, color, and “growth” of the spot have yet to be reported on other 2007 Gold Buffaloes so at this point we’re assuming this is an isolated incident. Regardless, we very much appreciate your candor in bringing this issue to our attention and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We’ll be sure to keep our eye out for this issue on other Gold Buffaloes, both those that have already been produced and those that have yet to be minted.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thank you once again for being a valued customer and we hope you continue to enjoy our products. It was a pleasure speaking with you.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Take care,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE]</p><p><br /></p><p>XXXXX XXXXX</p><p><br /></p><p>My issue is this: MY red spot seems to originate from a single pinpoint and appears to &quot;grow&quot; from that point.&nbsp; Im not a metallurgist, but my spot isn&#039;t a drop of oil; its a defect in the gold round ... probably a foreign metal of some sort.&nbsp; While I am an avid reader of this forum, this is my first post ... so if you are interested in seeing the detailed pictures, let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yeah, one more thing.&nbsp; I sent it to PCGS just to see the impact of the red spot and it came back PR67DCAM.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rick[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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