Milk Spots Silver Coins

White spots on modern silver coins.

Milk spots silver coins.

In this video we talk about milk spotting on silver bullion coins. Many collectors of modern silver bullion coins are familiar with the occurrence of white spots or milk spots as they are often called in numismatic vernacular. Thank you to realruler2112 for recommending this video. Milk spots can occur on both bullion and collector coins struck in proof and burnished uncirculated finishes but they are substantially more common on bullion silver coins with 999 or higher purity and are not seen on older coins with alloys such as pre 1964 u s.

This week s coin analyst column by guest writer joshua mcmorrow hernandez deals with the vexing problem of milk spots on american silver eagle coins. Milk spots and fingerprints are a silver collectors bane. These white spots can sometimes develop on a variety of modern silver bullion coins from around the world including american silver eagles. If you do get marks on your coins especially fingerprints how do you get rid of them.

When a coin is manufactured one of the final processes that it goes through is annealing a system of baking and cooling the coin in order to prevent the silver from becoming brittle.