I have searched the web high and low, and tried the methods some have recommended, yet none of them did any good (at least not without otherwise destroying the surface of the coin). I love the silver Maples but hate the milk spots. Thanks for any tips. Jim
Do not buy Maples. The stress of a milk spot on 1oz of generic silver is out of all proportion to its value. Try looking down on yourself from the ceiling and recognise the pathetic figure you are becoming. Sell a Maple every couple of days and buy a bunch of flowers.
I did try using jewelry cloth on some maples with light spotting. Works but you can see some fine hairlines scratches. Bottomline: Maples = milkspots (Whether you like it or not)
Who cares they are only bullion coins anyways if you want collector coins don't buy maples it's that easy i don't know what the fuss is all about.
The only way to do it is mild abrasion via a jewellers cloth or paste. I swapped away all my older maples and out of four tubes only two coins had them. I just wanted the newer coins due to the security features as forgeries started becoming more common. I've never had them on newer ones yet and wonder if it is a consequence of the radial lines. If they appear I will post them Anyone seen milk spots on the 2014/15 yet?
I have some Maples that I bought relatively cheap because they had milk spots. Most were wildlife series Wolf, Cougar, Bear etc. If I can make the spots go away I can sell them and make a nice return. For my collection I like the sheets of the older Maples. Much less milk spotting during those years. I can get them for the same price as new coins from one dealer, but he doesn't get them in too often. Jim
I have 4 tubes of 2013 maples, never opened, I might do the same, sell them off one at a time ,then buy newer ones, but i would like to know if the newer ones get milk spots as well before I do that, Does anyone know what bullion coins don't have issues with finish etc, People seem to speak well of ASEs with few issues.
Yup they will appear sometime in the not so distant future... I don't collect Maples for there aesthetics. you would be pretty blind to do so. I collect for the face value they hold and because of the low premium that they come with. They are widely available and easy to sell. I have the complete year to year set and many others. I would not buy maples willy-nilly tho. Only a couple of the ones that come out on the latest year.
Jim, there's some good back-ground info on milk-spots on this link. http://forums.silverstackers.com/to...s-because-its-9999-pure-silver-or-page-1.html http://forums.silverstackers.com/topic-59134-milkspotting-on-perth-mint-2015-kilo-kookaburra.html Also, the Silver Stacker "Search" function (Top left of the page) may assist with further investigations.
Jewelry cloth will do the trick with very light scratches. At the end it is a cheap goverment back bullion coin and i would not hesitate to buy them again specially since i live in canada. I would be very corcern if pandas, lunars or kooks have milk spot since these coins come with a hefty premium.
At least you know it's real Canadian silver if it has spots, unless the Chinese have figured out how to counterfeit that too.
Canadian Herpes spots are the traditional RCM security feature. Maples without herpes are probably plated tungsten from China.
Silver Herpes...that's the most apt description. It's no different to those Russian Got. gold coins which developed RUST spots. As long as everyone keeps buying them, there is no incentive for the RCM to change their specific practices which results in 'defaced' coinage. F U RCM!
It is unethical to mechanically remove milk spots and offer a coin for sale as a collector coin in mint condition without mentioning that this is done. Besides, if you are buying a bullion coin for the value of the silver in it alone, why spend the time, effort, and money on removing anything? Bullion coins sold as bullion are not meant to carry a collector premium. If you interested in Maple leafs as a collector coin, avoid the bullion stuff and just go for the proof collector coins. .
