Anybody else notice that the 2017 rooster is .9999 fine. Is this the first Perth mint coin besides the 2016 kangaroo that is .9999s?
good observation, the 1oz silver rooster lunar is 9999, and past years were 999 I would have preferred they kept the whole series consistent and stuck with 999 for the entire series my 999 lunars (touch wood) still have not developed milk spots, but if these 9999 milk spotting kangaroos are anything to go by, watch out for lunars spotting up as well
They now say 9999 "ag" instead of 999 silver as well, interesting to be making these changes in the middle of the series
Presume they are going to retire 999 refining line. As for the milkspots I read that is was due to inclusions, so I presume this is happening after refining and in the polishing stage.
If it is 9999 it's almost a certainty it will milk spot. Anyway, I've been over this issue ages ago with the overpriced crap they pump out in recent years. Still think it's a sourced out product that will look good at first and turn out nasty later ( like a ex ).
What does it matter outsourced or in house, if it is spotty. In any case, what would be the benefit for Perth Mint to say the blanks are in house, if the problem is with out sourced blanks?
Most of the silver these days is 9999 or very close to it anyway, I don't think we will see any difference regarding spots or anything.