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Poor quality Somalia Leopard 2018 - 100 shillings


PolarPanda

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Be warned peoples, i've just received today 20 of the new 1 OZ silver Somalia Leopard 2018 coins which all have milk spotting... I also don't know if they originally come in capsules, but mine were. Also these are full with scratches... Too bad, because as a first coin in a new series i would have expected it to be a nice investment for the future, but i guess not... Too bad... But in the end i could have expected it given the fact also the Somalia elephants are well known for their milk spotting... 

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14 minutes ago, Sal said:

Correct

I bought the gold. Will see tomorrow the quality and maybe post a photo.

Never heard of milk spotting on gold.
The problem with silver is "I think" the blanks are rinsed before pressing and if some of the detergent or whatever chemical they use ( Borax has been mentioned in other posts ) isn't totally removed it gets baked onto the surface due to the heat of stamping. It was believed that some Mints were not changing the final rinse water frequently enough allowing contaminants to remain on the planchets. This creates a chemical reaction and spots or worse stains the silver permanently. There is no way of removing this only polishing but that can introduce fine scratches to polished backgrounds.

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55 minutes ago, Pete said:

Never heard of milk spotting on gold.
The problem with silver is "I think" the blanks are rinsed before pressing and if some of the detergent or whatever chemical they use ( Borax has been mentioned in other posts ) isn't totally removed it gets baked onto the surface due to the heat of stamping. It was believed that some Mints were not changing the final rinse water frequently enough allowing contaminants to remain on the planchets. This creates a chemical reaction and spots or worse stains the silver permanently. There is no way of removing this only polishing but that can introduce fine scratches to polished backgrounds.

Just thinking about the quality of the coin not milk spots

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7 hours ago, PolarPanda said:

Be warned peoples, i've just received today 20 of the new 1 OZ silver Somalia Leopard 2018 coins which all have milk spotting... I also don't know if they originally come in capsules, but mine were. Also these are full with scratches... Too bad, because as a first coin in a new series i would have expected it to be a nice investment for the future, but i guess not... Too bad... But in the end i could have expected it given the fact also the Somalia elephants are well known for their milk spotting... 

Just in from work and a parcel awaits opening.i knew I'd a few coins coming and that one was a silver Somalian leopard.after reading your comment earlier I was full of dread but thankfully it's in perfect condition and enclosed  in a capsule.i hope milk spotting ain't in the post.

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51 minutes ago, Scotty1511 said:

Also got the Leopard, did not notice any spots, though not sure if I would know what the milk spots look like, can you post a picture here of the milk spots, below is the coin I received last week.

 

 

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Coin looks fine.you'd know a milk spot when you see it.

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