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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2045340, member: 15929&quot;]Yes they do.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a 1993 SAE First Strike™ in MS69 (Pop 20) which had milk spotting. I asked PCGS to crack the coin and dip it to try and halt any additional spotting. I was not seeking a regrade, just a dip and I was forthright with that request.</p><p><br /></p><p>They cracked it, dipped it then downgraded it to an MS66.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what was dumber. Me asking them in the first place or me expecting that they wouldn&#039;t downgrade the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374432[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1993 was a really bad year for spotting on Silver Eagles and I can almost guarantee that every one in the above report has at least some milk spots.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, the ONLY way to get a First Strike™ label on these coins is to submit a sealed green monster box of 500 coins that has an inspection slip within it dated before January 30th, 1993.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are expensive coins for the First Strike™ Slab collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374436[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374434[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The spotting was on the reverse........</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374435[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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