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Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i><< A quick dip to stabilize the surfaces BEFORE submitting solves the problem. I'd like my $50K in small bills, please. Russ, NCNE >> I thought Russ had this conversation with Ron Guth about a year ago on these boards and Ron said he was going back to his "lab" to check on this theory. I wonder what happened. >> You… -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i>Russ... I'm not sure how you can rule out the coughing, sneezing, etc... whether at the mint or at the TPG. >> I can rule it out at the TPG. If that were the cause, then I could not have solved the problem by stabilizing the surfaces with a quick dip before submission. Russ, NCNE -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i>A quick dip to stabilize the surfaces BEFORE submitting solves the problem. I'd like my $50K in small bills, please. Russ, NCNE >> I thought Russ had this conversation with Ron Guth about a year ago on these boards and Ron said he was going back to his "lab" to check on this theory. I wonder what happened. -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i><< No. Glue spots are a different animal than milk spots and, in fact, can in many cases be removed with acetone. Here is an example of milk spots on an earlier proof >> That is what I was saying....if you reread what I read in my post above. >> I posted that the same thing - milk spots - happens to earlier proofs… -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i><< The same thing happens with late 1950's and early 1960's proofs, and they've sat in the mint packaging for a hell of a lot longer than Silver Eagles. >> Russ....Aren't those called "glue spots" and considered to be different from milk spots? >> No. Glue spots are a different animal than milk spots and, in fact,… -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
A quick dip to stabilize the surfaces BEFORE submitting solves the problem. I'd like my $50K in small bills, please. Russ, NCNE -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i><< good god, the answer is simple! dip the danged things!!! then, don't stick 'em in slabs so that if the spots start coming back, you can dip 'em again! & again! & keep dipping till the cows come home & you can get your milk the way you want it! GOOD GRIEF!!! & yes, they are freaking silver rounds. i don't care if… -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i>During the grading process, the coins are exposed to "oral disfluencies". An "disfluency" occurs when somebody coughs or clears their throat. These events cause small drops of water (and other fluids) to stick to the coin. >> Wrong. Russ, NCNE -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
A quick dip to stabilize the surfaces BEFORE submitting solves the problem. I'd like my $50K in small bills, please. What is the brand name of the dip you use, Russ? Is it just acetone or an actual silver dip? TIA! -
Re: PCGS has a $50,000 reward for anyone who can solve the ASE milk spotting problem.
<< <i>A quick dip to stabilize the surfaces BEFORE submitting solves the problem. I'd like my $50K in small bills, please. Russ, NCNE >> that would obviously kill any sealed first strike submissions or special 20th anniv labeling (after the 30day window)
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