More Perth Mint Spots - Damn.

barsenault

barsenault

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Ron, Bron, PM Team, what up with this???? I tucked these away in airtites, with moisture absorbers, air absorbers...and they're inside a capsule, inside a package...geesh.

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Damn milk spots. Guess it is inevitable seeing how silver is silver.

Just wondering, did the coin came into contact with the air before you put it in tthe capsule when you first bought it?
 
Altima said:
Damn milk spots. Guess it is inevitable seeing how silver is silver.

Just wondering, did the coin came into contact with the air before you put it in tthe capsule when you first bought it?
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Yeah, it sucks for sure.
 
barsenault said:
Altima said:
Damn milk spots. Guess it is inevitable seeing how silver is silver.

Just wondering, did the coin came into contact with the air before you put it in tthe capsule when you first bought it?
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Actually, it came with the capsule. It was never opened. It was stored in ideal conditions. Protected from the elements. 2 years later, I have a coin no different than a Maple. Thanks PM. The difference is, I paid about 80.00 bucks for this vs. a POS maple, which cost, what about 18...that's about what I'd get for this Mayflower. I'm so angry I can't see straight...sucks big time Altima. Oh, by the way, your comment about 'silver is silver,' if that were true then ALL silver would develop spots, and yet there are some that do not...many that do not. What a shame. Those pesky things take away from the beauty of the coin.

Ron, Bron, PM team, I'll send this to you, you reimburse me the 80.00, and you can do your science project on it, deal??? Oh, and shipping on your dime too.
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Yeah I won't be collecting any more perth mint collectibles again. Sorry Ron and team. I seriously debating on whether I'll buy kooks and lunars again. I'm comteplating just buying generic u.s gold and Chines collectibles (older years).
 
That sucks, if a coin is going to spot does the milk stay dorment until the right conditions or will it always spot eventually?


That aside I'll Give you 50 for it....
 
Nabullion Dynamite said:
That sucks, if a coin is going to spot does the milk stay dorment until the right conditions or will it always spot eventually?


That aside I'll Give you 50 for it....
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Deal. :-)
 
barsenault said:
Yeah I won't be collecting any more perth mint collectibles again. Sorry Ron and team. I seriously debating on whether I'll buy kooks and lunars again. I'm comteplating just buying generic u.s gold and Chines collectibles (older years).
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Risk of anything Chinese is just too high for me. After all, the Chinese should be better at counterfeiting their own coins than those of any other country. I am staying with lunars/kooks and ASEs. Having said that, I don't own ASEs right now and have sold far more Lunars/Kooks than I have bought in the last year. If the spotting problem continues at the PM, I will be down to ASEs only. After watching my investment in RCM CWL coins tank due to the spotting problem, I am not going down that road again.

I don't recall seeing or reading about the spotting problem for the coins I bought pre 2011. Something changed in either the mining or the minting process. Figure it out guys, it isn't rocket science. At the right price, lunars are a great investment. But a milk spotting problem would change that.
 
dccpa said:
barsenault said:
Yeah I won't be collecting any more perth mint collectibles again. Sorry Ron and team. I seriously debating on whether I'll buy kooks and lunars again. I'm comteplating just buying generic u.s gold and Chines collectibles (older years).
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Risk of anything Chinese is just too high for me. After all, the Chinese should be better at counterfeiting their own coins than those of any other country. I am staying with lunars/kooks and ASEs. Having said that, I don't own ASEs right now and have sold far more Lunars/Kooks than I have bought in the last year. If the spotting problem continues at the PM, I will be down to ASEs only. After watching my investment in RCM CWL coins tank due to the spotting problem, I am not going down that road again.

I don't recall seeing or reading about the spotting problem for the coins I bought pre 2011. Something changed in either the mining or the minting process. Figure it out guys, it isn't rocket science. At the right price, lunars are a great investment. But a milk spotting problem would change that.
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Yeah, I'm down to kilo Lunar/Kooks (due to low price over spot - 1.79 per ounce), and as I said Chinese medals (older years - although I do have quite a bit from recent years). I think the early years for Chinese medals hold their value much better, even if they develop spots, since the mintage is slow low, and very hard to find. I have the 85 - 88 Hong Kong Expo (big medals), and a slew of other early years. That's what my stacking is down to. Kilos, and Chinese. And if I see mega spots forming on the kilo horses & goats...I too will have to find another coin to invest in, or maybe restrict it to fractional gold and Chinese medals (just because I like them so much). But the Perth Mint better get their act together, because if I start seeing their coins, now my coins, with 'measle spots,' I'll broadcast to everyone with an ear. I'm sure I'll get banned from this site, but this is just flat out unacceptable. Maybe they come up with an airtite container that prevents it from happening. Who knows. But i lost a ton too dccpa when I bought the Canadian wild-life series, philharmonics, and Somalian elephants. I haven't looked at those again. And never will until, and unless that issue is fixed, which I doubt it ever will be.
 
As strange as it can be, I've never seen any RCM numis with milk spots.
 
barsenault, Somalia lost me with the mega minting of the 2011 elephants. Prior to 2010, I think they were minting 5k a year.
 
SilverKendo said:
I haven't seen spots on Libertads posted or on any of mine. Viva Mexico!
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Yeah I've yet to see milk spots on Libertads. They can get some fugly toning but I don't mind toning. If my proof sets started getting milk spots I'd probably have a mental breakdown.
 
Revils said:
SilverKendo said:
I haven't seen spots on Libertads posted or on any of mine. Viva Mexico!
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Yeah I've yet to see milk spots on Libertads. They can get some fugly toning but I don't mind toning. If my proof sets started getting milk spots I'd probably have a mental breakdown.
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Maybe I shouldn't mention that I've seen proof Libs with milk spots...
 
also newer bullion libertads get spots. i like the older toned libertads for bullion grade
 
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