Damn Canadian Mint!

[PolarPanda]

I know everyone says not to buy anything from the Canadian Mint if you can't handle milk spot, but it starts to become a bit insane. I bought myself 20 different years 3/4 OZ Canadian Wolves coins and 10 Voyageur 2017 coins. From these 30 coins in total (and the Voyageur coins being just recently released) only 1 coin doesn't have any milk spot! I really ask myself how it's possible that you almost never see mint spots with the silver coins from (for example) the Lunar Series from the Australian Perth Mint and the Canadian Mint just doesn't seem to figure out how to prevent them... or they just don't care. 

I wanted to buy a 10 OZ Magnificent Maple Leaf, but i took that idea out of my head... It's really a shame because some coins from the Canadian Mint are really nice and have good potential, but the risk of (very serious) milk spot isn't worth it for my anymore... No more silver coins from The Canadian Mint for me... 

[SilverStan]

I've just got a 10oz grisly and 10 voyagers not one spot I must of been lucky

[PolarPanda]

4 minutes ago, SilverStan said:

I've just got a 10oz grisly and 10 voyagers not one spot I must of been lucky

I think you like the milky coins more... Wanne trade?  

[SilverStan]

No id only melt them grisly is lovely.

[Pete]

You are not alone in experiencing poor condition coins from the RCM featuring the dreaded silver pox.
This does appear however as an issue that the RCM cannot or will not resolve.
Not all their bullion coins however have this problem so it might just be down to bad luck.
Unfortunately the attitude of the RCM and its dealers is that you are purchasing bullion ( inferring just weight ) and not a work of art despite the marketing bumf that highlight the stunning designs blah ..blah.

[AgD]

I only have one Canadian maple now the rest I had I sent to @SilverStan and he melted them into a nice 4oz loaf bar that was when I just started stacking now the same as you @PolarPanda I stay away

[KevinG]

Everything Canadian I've ever bought was milk spot free.
I must have been lucky though you can remove the spots with an eraser.

[Cacc]

I am not a lucky person, but out of the few hundred coins from the RCM I have not had a single one with a milk spot. None of my bars (dozens of 10oz and a few 100oz) from the RCM have milk spots either. I live in Canada, so it is possible that they ship the quality stuff local and don't put as much care into international shipments. It is also possible that the dealer that you got them from gave you the junk he couldn't get rid of (what is 30 milk spotted coins of potentially thousands they have sold). I have heard a lot of people complaining about milk spots and seen Youtube videos about them, but have never experienced them myself. Seems like luck of the draw for the most part.

 

...but also our milk comes in bags here, so it is possible they spill a lot while working at the mint and it splashes on the coins...

[Stu]

I have around 150toz of Canadian mint coins, around 25% have spotted. They are bullion coins, even so I will not be buying from Canada again unless they sort this issue out. I don't think they are bothering their backside, maybe reduced sales will make a difference. I don't know why they don't simply produce bars if they are only concerned with making bullion product!! I'm tS for s a same as they do produce some good designs.

[MickB]

Does anyone know when the Milkspots started to appear as I'm sure the early maples never suffered from the problem?

edit; just searched eBay and there's a 1991 slabbed maple with Milkspots, so I guess all my early ones I've been lucky with.