SilverMike1127

My absolute favorite coin to stack is the Britannia. US Mint doesn't do it for me.. Personally the milk spots don't entirely kill the love for them, BUT, if only they could change a couple of things to mitigate it, they couldn't make enough for demand. I know, I know, silver is silver, stack for the weight, but "they so pretty" lol. What do you guys think, 2024 will be different, or more of the same?

My absolute favorite coin to stack is the Britannia. US Mint doesn't do it for me.. Personally the milk spots don't entirely kill the love for them, BUT, if only they could change a couple of things to mitigate it, they couldn't make enough for demand. I know, I know, silver is silver, stack for the weight, but "they so pretty" lol. What do you guys think, 2024 will be different, or more of the same?

Those look like they need to be in my collection. Gotta keep it fun some times.....................

2023 Australia - Koala 35th Anniversary Platinum Coin 

2023 Australia - Chinese Mythical Creatures - Dragon Proof


2023 Australia - Mythical Creatures - Basilisk  Proof

Those look like they need to be in my collection. Gotta keep it fun some times.....................

Hello and welcome to The Silver Forum  

water, food, brass, and PM's.......... gunna give it one hella of a go!

I think we just became friends.... HAHA. The gas statement was the EXACT then I was telling my friend about. Its really a sad state with what has happened to us since 1913 when the Federal Reserve was established by an unelected few and have been controlling the monetary supply thus control on a populous of people and we all go about our lives living in the matrix. I am proudly one of the 1% stacking devesting from the system. lol. Still have to participate in the madness, but I'm doing my part, teaching my kids the right way. 

That is one good looking piece. I am personally fond of the carded bars, however, the amount of fakes around these days.....really has me spooked. Not because I wouldn't get the bar from a reputable source and would be tested. But if I had to sell it for any number of reasons, they would most likely have to take it out of the card stock to verify it. Kinda sucks that you would have to ruin the packaging. 

Hello and welcome!

Thank you! I am happy I stubbled onto this site. I was starting to think that I was the only one seeing this...... Everyone is just asleep at the wheel. 

Hello! fellow silver peeps. Had to find my group. Friends and family are still sleeping.

I've got a milky KC3 cypher - must have happened within just days/weeks of minting!  And a Philharmonic that went milky in storage.
I am a bit of a perfectionist and don't like milk spots or toning, so have shifted more towards gold now.  (Just waiting until I end up with a copper spot on one of those lol...)

My absolute favorite coin to stack is the Britannia. US Mint doesn't do it for me.. Personally the milk spots don't entirely kill the love for them, BUT, if only they could change a couple of things to mitigate it, they couldn't make enough for demand. I know, I know, silver is silver, stack for the weight, but "they so pretty" lol. What do you guys think, 2024 will be different, or more of the same?

Been mentioned many times, storage methods are irrelevant, the damage is done during the manufacturing processes. They’re either going to eventually go milky or not🤔😮

I appreciate that thoughtful response.....It is a fascinating time line on Nixon removing us from the gold standard to print into oblivion to pay for Vietnam. My question was more about how gold and silver mints play into today commerce. I dont think I posed the question correctly. BUT I really do appreciate you taking the time to respond with your comment! 

Oh I get that part. I guess I did not phrase the question. Not sure how the UK works with government issued coins. I was having a discussion with a friend about government minted silver in gold in the US. I could bring a American gold or silver eagle into a store and 10 out of 10 people would not know what it was or at least the real value of these coins. Speaking only for myself and how I have grown up, I'm 42 btw, we have been conditioned to view legal tender as only "antiquated cash" and credit cards/debit cards. We are told that gold is not a form of currency. My question to him was, well if that is the narrative that is being pushed onto generations, then why is the US Mint making gold and silver coins. 

I had a related question. If gold and silver are generally  represented to the public that it is not recognized as "money", why do government mints release gold and silver backed coins with monetary value? I tried to do a quick google search and came up with squat. Does anyone have an answer? 
 

A friend of mine has a full tube of the Royal Philharmonic 1oz coins and he’s stored them carefully and they’re an absolute mess.

Touch wood I don’t have any Britannias with milk spots. The Royal Mint is by far not the only mint that has silver coins suffering from milk spots, just that no one seems to advertise it!

Silica gel is your friend.

The Royal Mint don't consider it a big enough problem and they won't fix it until we stop buying their milky silver. There are several American YouTubers who have stated they will stop buying Britannias due to the quality control issues
The Mint knows why these problems arise they're just too cheap to pay for MintShield tech like the Royal Canadian Mint and too incompetent to implement a professional production process like the Perth Mint or Royal Australian Mint
I watched this the other day and thought it was interesting - the guy cleans the Britannia with some sort of polish and the dirt that comes off it is embarrassing:
 

My absolute favorite coin to stack is the Britannia. US Mint doesn't do it for me.. Personally the milk spots don't entirely kill the love for them, BUT, if only they could change a couple of things to mitigate it, they couldn't make enough for demand. I know, I know, silver is silver, stack for the weight, but "they so pretty" lol. What do you guys think, 2024 will be different, or more of the same?

My absolute favorite coin to stack is the Britannia. US Mint doesn't do it for me.. Personally the milk spots don't entirely kill the love for them, BUT, if only they could change a couple of things to mitigate it, they couldn't make enough for demand. I know, I know, silver is silver, stack for the weight, but "they so pretty" lol. What do you guys think, 2024 will be different, or more of the same?

Hi and welcome on forum!🤗
I think the milky drama will never stop.