What happened to this slabbed Kennedy?

However, that is a scan of my Franklin, not a photograph. In hand it is a toning spot, similar to the OP's spots on his Kennedy.

In the scan, the spot showed as white and not the light brown tone color it is.

 

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All the spots look white to me. If they are dark, I agree, someone breathed on then. It's not worth it but a dip wound remove most of the spots but probably not all of them. Milk spots are even harder to remove.

 

well, maybe for you, it seems to come pretty easily for me.

 

Sorry, but as a collector of Proof Franklins, I have to say that your spot is not toning, but rather a spot like the one the OP posted....a "spit spot".

To the OP:
Maybe you didn't get "had" - how much did you pay for the coin? Did you look at the coin before you bought it?

Speedy

 

How does "spit" get into the slab?

 

One of the graders breathing/coughing on or near the coin before slabbing may cause the breath to condense on it causing the spots over time.

 

However, this spot just appeared recently. Since it's a light brown color, its a toning spot.

 

I think I will chance sending it back but I'm not the one who had it graded in the first place, does that matter?

 

The same way anything gets into the slab - it goes in with the coin.

correct.

Toning doesn't appear overnight either, and never does milkspots, spit spots, or any other type of discoloration such as this.

Milkspots are commonly seen on ASE, and the last few years I have gotten MANY good looking NGC and PCGS MS69's....sometimes a year later, month later, etc, milk spots start to show up. Now I don't know you, so I don't know how much you know about coins, so I'll take for granted you know what a milkspot is...if you do you KNOW that there is NO way you can call that toning.

Nope...I've done it before.

Speedy

 

Cool! I'll give it a try, nothing to lose at this point and may be something to gain. I appreciate all the responses. :hail:

 

Well, I finally went ahead and submitted this Kennedy half dollar to PCGS and today I got a check!! Yea! PCGS is a straight up good company and stands by their coins!! That's something I didn't know before I sent in the coin! Anyways, I sent in the coin mid June and I was contacted right away because they lost my letter and asked me to pay to get the coin graded! Well after I straightened them out on what happened I waited and finally got an email which stated that the half dollar down graded to a PR63. No surprise, I asked if they cleaned it but I was told by customer service that they didn't know. Anyways, just reporting back!!

 

Fret, Thanks for the update & glad it worked out for you. Say what you will about their standards, PCGS makes things right in situations like this, and kudos to them for doing so!....Mike