Ok so are these Chocolate Milk Spots on Pandas

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  1. chicken12

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    Anyone one else had this problem, what could it be?

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    Never seen that before... have you ever opened the capsules?
     
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    Nope never been opened
     
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    Maybe the seller opened it, did you buy from a dealer or private?

    Any close up of the coins?
     
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    if they are in capsules they would have had to have been opened yea? cos pandas don't come in caps do they? they come in sheets.
     
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    All Panda,s come in capsules
     
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    Only taken out of a 30 sheet for easier storage, never been out of capsules

    Will try and get a good close up pic
     
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    Looks like iron oxide, usually occurs in ferrous objects....
     
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    Yup, they come in capsules, in sheets of 30.

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    yennus Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Yup, a closer pic would be useful... doesn't look like the normal sort of toning which most often happens along the edges of the coin (and doesn't really detract from the price).
     
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    Did u have them tested? Looks another metal other than silver oxidising
     
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    Yeah, I think that does happen to silver on ocassion. Not sure why. But I have some Brittanias where this happened. I've been told it can come off with NCS, but who wants to spend a fortune getting them removed? NCS cost as much as the coin. Unfortunately. Conservation by they way (NCS).
     

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