Milk spot or ding... which would you sell or keep?

AlixTCat · July 18, 2005 6:30AM

I ended up with two 2004 W SAE's. Slabbed PF69 UC. Both are excellent looking. One has a tiny ding, only noticable under 10x, on the top of the shield on the reverse. It would be PF70 if not for this tiny ding.

The other has a quarter mm, very light milkspot on the sun on the obverse.

I don't need two and would like to sell one.

I am leaning towards selling the one with the milkspot. I can't believe it was slabbed with the milkspot, but it did take 10x loupe to see it. It would be a PF70 if it were not for this spot.

Any opinions on this?

Jonathan

BillJones · July 18, 2005 6:34AM

If it were my choice, the milk spot goes bye-bye. Where you see one, there might be others waiting to spring forward.

If you need at 10X to see the ding, it doesn't count IMO.

Shamika · July 18, 2005 6:36AM

I can usually live with bag marks (dings). Milk spots are an entirely different story.

moneyhungry · July 18, 2005 6:37AM

Newbie-- What are milk spots?

291fifth · July 18, 2005 6:37AM

Say good-bye to the milk spot.

ddbird · July 18, 2005 6:39AM

I dont have a tech. explination, but they are the white spots that appear on proofs. Especially Kennedy and Franklin Halfs. Its very hard to get rid of once they appear, and seem to bug the crap outa alot of people. Just an eye soar basically.

moneyhungry · July 18, 2005 6:42AM

<< <i>I dont have a tech. explination, but they are the white spots that appear on proofs. Especially Kennedy and Franklin Halfs. Its very hard to get rid of once they appear, and seem to bug the crap outa alot of people. Just an eye soar basically. >>

Thank You.........Now I have to go look at my coins again..

Just love learning about the Coin world... its fun.

BillJones · July 18, 2005 6:45AM

<< <i>Newbie-- What are milk spots? >>

Milk spots are white patches that form on silver coins. They can be found on Mint State or Proof coins, but they are most obvious on the Proofs. Usualy they seem to form on coins that are the most perfect where they will be most visible and ugly.

The trouble with milk spots is that they are very hard to remove. And if you do remove them a less annoying spot will be in their place. My guess is that they are caused by moisture, perhaps the stuff the mint uses to wash planchets or a trace of coin dip that was not poperly removed and neutralized.

I think that the 40% silver Proof Ike dollars might be the worst for this problem. In fact in the case of the silver Proof Ikes, the "spot" often took over the whole coin.

badger · July 18, 2005 6:54AM

Milk spot has to go.

AlixTCat · July 18, 2005 8:31AM

Bye Bye milk spot! That is the answer that I thought would spring forth.

Now, do I say the piece has a milk spot or do I just take good photos and sell it? I don't want to be dishonest, but it was not disclosed to me. It is such a small milk spot, I doubt most people would even notice. I had to use the loupe to see it. Otherwise the coin is perfect.

Thanks for all the replies.

Jonathan

AlixTCat · July 18, 2005 1:58PM

ttt thanks for anymore replies to my ethical question.

mozin · July 18, 2005 2:49PM

Glad you decided to sell the milk spot coin. If the spot is so small as you say I would show good pictures and leave it at that.

Darkmane · July 18, 2005 5:30PM

if you have a return policy you should probably mention it in passing, playing it down =P. it could be a waste of ebay fees, paypal fees, and shipping if you fail to mention it and you find it distracting.

wjd283 · July 18, 2005 5:35PM

"Has tiny ,barely noticeable milk spot that can be seen in pic".

AlixTCat · July 18, 2005 11:28PM

Thanks for all your replies. The coin is up for auction now. I included quite large image which do show the spot pretty well.

Jonathan

Milk spot or ding... which would you sell or keep?

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