Sunshine rounds seem blothchy...anyone else with this issue?

Hello. New to the forum, and this is my first post. So I bought some Sunshine Minting rounds from JM the other day and all of them, every single one, has what seems like little micro milk-spotting or something. At first, it looked like some paper fuzz or something that I could wipe off with some warm breath and a wipe of a cloth, but it won't come off any of them, as if it was minted on somehow, if that makes sense. You can see all the spots when the shiny portion of the round is not in the light, but can't when the round is shining at the right angle, so it's not any kind of pitting, I wouldn't think. Am I being too particular with my expectations for silver rounds or is this the way these rounds normally come? I know they are just rounds, and I don't think it will affect the price much if at all, but am a little disappointed. I had a bunch of Sunshine rounds years ago and sold them and don't recall seeing this. Curious if anyone else has had that issue, or if it is normal with these rounds.

 

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Welcome to Coin Talk. These look like "milk spots". They also occur
on the U.S. ASE's. I'm not sure if there is a remedy for them.

 

Welcome to Coin Talk. I was just going to say what as @tibor said. There are several theories as to why these milk spots show up on silver coins (mostly on proof coins) but as far as I know, none of them have been proven. Since yours are silver rounds and have little or no numismatic value, I wouldn't be concerned about it.

 

Not too worried about the value being diminished. Just a little disappointing. Mostly curious if that was normal or sporadic or what. Pretty popular round, so I didn't know if someone else who owns them also noticed that on theirs or not. Thanks!

 

I can understand your disappointment. It's not normal and it diminishes the eye appeal (beauty) of the piece. If I bought silver rounds, I wouldn't want the spots on them either.