Question about milkspots 0

[Patrick Harris]

Question for the pros.............I'm working on a set of statehood quarters . I have one of the SMS quarters that appears to have milkspots . The coin itself is in immaculate condition , no bag marks , maybe a slight tick . Will the graders count against with the spots?

[Mr.Bill347]

You can't remove them without damaging the surface

[Patrick Harris]

You can't see them with the naked eye , just with a halogen light and high magnification . 

[Patrick Harris]

I would never attempt to remove them , I know better . What I'm wondering is will the spots affect the grade? Sorry if I didn't frame the question properly . 

[RWB]

Sure. They are surface contamination of the same class as PVC, spit and anything else stuck to the coin. I cannot predict what a TPG would do...but I would simply return your coin and money, less postage, along with a brief note...But that's just an opinion.

[Patrick Harris]

Yeah I've got about 10 examples of this particular coin . I had decided to move on and purchase a few more but got those back out for another look . 

[comicdonna]

1 hour ago, Patrick Harris said:

I would never attempt to remove them , I know better . What I'm wondering is will the spots affect the grade? Sorry if I didn't frame the question properly . 

Do white spots affect the NGC grade?

NGC will factor white spots into its grading of modern silver coins just as it does for black spots on copper coins and red spots on gold coins. Larger and more distracting spots will result in lower grades. Heavily spotted coins may receive an NGC Details Grade with an Environmental Damage notation.

The development of white spots after a coin is graded by NGC is not covered under the NGC Guarantee because these white spots occur unpredictably and through no fault of NGC’s. If an NGC-certified modern silver coin develops white spots, NGC will leave it in its original holder or reholder it with the original grade.

 

Here's the full article:

https://www.ngccoin.com/submit/coins-we-grade/white-spots/

Edited February 16, 2021 by comicdonna

[VKurtB]

7 minutes ago, comicdonna said:

Do white spots affect the NGC grade?

NGC will factor white spots into its grading of modern silver coins just as it does for black spots on copper coins and red spots on gold coins. Larger and more distracting spots will result in lower grades. Heavily spotted coins may receive an NGC Details Grade with an Environmental Damage notation.

The development of white spots after a coin is graded by NGC is not covered under the NGC Guarantee because these white spots occur unpredictably and through no fault of NGC’s. If an NGC-certified modern silver coin develops white spots, NGC will leave it in its original holder or reholder it with the original grade.

 

Here's the full article:

https://www.ngccoin.com/submit/coins-we-grade/white-spots/

So then not only do milk spots lower the grade, but Oreo spots as well. Those are the breaks, cookie.

[Patrick Harris]

Thanks everyone. I had these coins in my "do not grade " stack , just decided to give them another look. I'll pick up a few more examples. 

[BearlyHereBear]

On 2/15/2021 at 8:24 PM, VKurtB said:

So then not only do milk spots lower the grade, but Oreo spots as well. Those are the breaks, cookie.

Dessert discrimination

[VKurtB]

12 hours ago, BearlyHereBear said:

Dessert discrimination

Well what do you expect? NABISCO discontinued the Cameo, which has a numismatic connection.