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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 156645, member: 112"]Read my post again Speedy - it is believed to be caused by the wash.</p><p><br /></p><p>A comment on grading coins with haze or milk spots - it definitely matters. If a coin has either one when submitted for grading the coin will not be graded as high as it might have been if the haze or spots were not there. Many folks who submit the coins know this and so they will sometimes dip the coins that have haze before submission. This can temporarily remove the haze if it is light and not too well developed. But usually the haze will return on the coin after it has been slabbed. Dipping does not remove the milk spots though. But if the coin is new enough, the spots may not have appeared at the time the coin is slabbed. But later, after slabbing the spots can appear.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's why you sometimes see a slabbed coin in a high grade with haze or spots - it wasn't visible when the coin was slabbed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 156645, member: 112"]Read my post again Speedy - it is believed to be caused by the wash. A comment on grading coins with haze or milk spots - it definitely matters. If a coin has either one when submitted for grading the coin will not be graded as high as it might have been if the haze or spots were not there. Many folks who submit the coins know this and so they will sometimes dip the coins that have haze before submission. This can temporarily remove the haze if it is light and not too well developed. But usually the haze will return on the coin after it has been slabbed. Dipping does not remove the milk spots though. But if the coin is new enough, the spots may not have appeared at the time the coin is slabbed. But later, after slabbing the spots can appear. That's why you sometimes see a slabbed coin in a high grade with haze or spots - it wasn't visible when the coin was slabbed.[/QUOTE]
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