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MILK SPOTS!!!!!!!! Best way to keep them away on 06 ASE?

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Hello! By the way im new to this forum! Hello From Wisconsin!

Well anywho, I would like to here some of the way to protect some of my 2006-P from those darn milk spots!!! I just would like to head off the problem and do some preventative measures. I would love to here some of your suggetions or ideas!

Thanks!

ceo...

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  • SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    Some have suggested that silica gel dessicant and vacuum packaging can keep milk spots off of coins.
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  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478 ✭
    image But I don't know the answer to your question.
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,208 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sell them or wait 5 years and then buy them. Dipping in EZest has been said to prevent them from forming IF they are predisposed to spotting.
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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
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  • sanitarium1inmatesanitarium1inmate Posts: 1,078 ✭✭
    Welcome , and my idea would to get them slabbed from a TPG co. to keep them fresh and true and hold a grade no matter what spots or toning apear later.
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  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    You might consider moving from Wisconsin to a state with a smaller dairy industry. That will get you farther away from the milk….

    OK – now seriously, PCGS was offering a nice $$ reward for prevention/cure. I don’t think anyone has been awarded the prize.
  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭
    Pray.
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Best way is to vacuum seal them in bags. Get all the air out and then they are not susceptible to air contaminants that mix poorly with residue from the mint rinse.
  • jerryf43jerryf43 Posts: 174
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  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭
    i wouldn't worry too much, maybe stick then in vacuum seal bags after rinsing in acetone if you really want to put that much effort into preserving bullion

    yeah i forgot to say that, too.....image
  • mach19mach19 Posts: 4,002 ✭✭
    I wish I knew image
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  • dlimb2dlimb2 Posts: 3,449
    The 2006 W UNC's are the ones to worry about, they are the low mintage and the most desirable next to the 1996 Unc Silver Eagles.

    Mine I removed from the mint box, but left in the airtite and I bought a jewlers box to keep them in rolls...let me tell ya it is one heavy box...The reason I did this in case of an emergency like a tornado in the area I can grab them and run!
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Sorry, forgot to say WELCOME. image
  • vplitevplite Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭
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    There is really no way to absolutely prevent them.
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  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
    Food Saver them as soon as you get them and you will be fine.
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Food Saver them as soon as you get them and you will be fine. >>



    stick'em in with the wild salmon, nothing from a farm, or milk spots will be certain.
  • Coll3ctorColl3ctor Posts: 3,351 ✭✭✭
    Welcome... fellow cheesehead image
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Last time I mentioned potassium cyanide, you'd a thought the world would end. so I wont mention that again image

    Now, sodium thiosulfate, HYPO, is also a solvent for silver salts in various photographic processes. I have no clue, but perhaps?image
  • JimKJimK Posts: 605
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,208 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Last time I mentioned potassium cyanide, you'd a thought the world would end. so I wont mention that again image

    Now, sodium thiosulfate, HYPO, is also a solvent for silver salts in various photographic processes. I have no clue, but perhaps?image >>



    I tried sodium thiosulfate with NO luck even after a couple days.

    Also tried potassium cyanide yesterday. It may have removed the spots but after 4 hours the coin was discolored to a light creamy tan color.
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  • MajorDutyMajorDuty Posts: 1,998
    Without reading a single reply I am of the opinion that the less you mess with them the more likely they are to remain stable. Practice the usual precautions as you would with any coin but in addition to that don't open the capsules don't send them in for grading just leave them alone in their OGP.

    Wait... 2006-P? The bullion issues? Those aren't for collecting! ;-)
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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Also tried potassium cyanide yesterday. It may have removed the spots but after 4 hours the coin was discolored to a light creamy tan color."



    Maybe you're onto something there....perhaps a MUCH more dilute solution?

    Again I didnt mention this so please dont get the keystone kops after me. ok? image
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    << MILK SPOTS!!!!!!!! Best way to keep them away on 06 ASE? >>

    Melt them down into silver ingots
  • CoinhogCoinhog Posts: 1,336


    << <i>Welcome , and my idea would to get them slabbed from a TPG co. to keep them fresh and true and hold a grade no matter what spots or toning apear later. >>




    The only ASE's that I have that ever developed milk spots were the ones that were in TPG slabs!!!! Both NGC and PCGS that I have owned have developed milk spots. The only ASE's that I own that I have never seen milk spots on were the ones that were kept in original mint packaging.

    That has been my personal expererinece. YMMV.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    Welll, my opinion is that if your coins have not spotted by now, they never will so you need do nothing.

    If they have spotted, there's nothing that can be done for the business strikes but the proofs could possibly be saved via whatever method PCGS or NGC uses.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    And welcome to the forum on many opinions!
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome to the forum.
    Slabbing the ASE's will NOT prevent milkspots.
    As of this time... the root cause has NOT been formally identified and NO corrective action has been formulated.
    Some collectors have the problem, some do not... Recommendations such as vacuum sealing, humidity control etc have produced varying results. I keep mine in a safe.. they have been so maintained along with many other things contained therein for their entire existance (post mint). I do not have milkspots. Others experience them within months of ownership. There are board members who are pursuing the solution in an effort to win the reward offered by PCGS. I believe we will soon have answers - soon being a non- determined period probably within our lifetime. image Cheers, RickO
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Many ASEs may yet become condition rarities....
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