Greetings from Germany

[coinosseur]

Hello everybody. I have been a "silent reader" of this great forum and would like to start being an active participant right now. My name is Sebastian and I am from Germany. I am a coin collector since childhood and work as a freelance journalist in Germany for Battenberg Gietl publishing. We have just set up "muenzen-online.com", a daily news source for the German collectors. Besides that, I have started my own news platform "bullionblog.de" and "bullionblog.eu" because my special passion is dedicated to Bullion coins in silver. You can find out more about me at "coinosseur.com" - this is my English speaking profile on the web.

[Xander]

Hi, coinosseur.

Welcome to the forum.

[BackyardBullion]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

[Pete]

Welcome - just read your brief article on Milk Spots on your website - Many of us would very much like to know more about the restoration method claimed to be successful as mentioned below -

According to the coin cabinet, more and more serious changes appeared on the surface of the non-preserved silver coins and medals since the end of 2016. Instead of a naturally grown patina, the rare collectors items had a white-milky covering. According to the coin cabinet, about 100 coins are affected: “The affected objects were immediately taken out of the showcases and are treated in a special restoration workshop,” a Dresden State Art Collections spokesperson said. The experts have been working on the removal of the white coverings since then: “It can already be said that the surface changes can be remedied by restoration measures and that the original state can be restored,” says Dr. Stephan Adam, press secretary of the Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden.

[ifing]

Hi and Welcome

and as Pete, enlighten us

 

[Gilver]

Hi and welcome

[Agpanda]

Hi, welcome here

[coinosseur]

On 21.8.2017 at 15:55, Pete said:

Welcome - just read your brief article on Milk Spots on your website - Many of us would very much like to know more about the restoration method claimed to be successful as mentioned below -

According to the coin cabinet, more and more serious changes appeared on the surface of the non-preserved silver coins and medals since the end of 2016. Instead of a naturally grown patina, the rare collectors items had a white-milky covering. According to the coin cabinet, about 100 coins are affected: “The affected objects were immediately taken out of the showcases and are treated in a special restoration workshop,” a Dresden State Art Collections spokesperson said. The experts have been working on the removal of the white coverings since then: “It can already be said that the surface changes can be remedied by restoration measures and that the original state can be restored,” says Dr. Stephan Adam, press secretary of the Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden.

Actually there was a breaking news story today in the German media which followed up on the events in Dresden: Even several months after the closure of the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) the cause for the whitish covering on 100 silver coins is still completely unclear. According to a report published by the "Sächsische Zeitung", extensive research has not led to any result: textile fabrics, floors and filters of the showcases, but also the wooden floors of the exhibition rooms had been scrutinized - but the cause of the impurities known as "milk spots" could not be found.

The closure of the popular coin cabinet had caused a stir at the end of last year. Approximately 1,400 objects were removed from the collection according to the report. Particularly striking: the covering is to be found in all areas of the exhibition, which range from antiquity to modern times. The silver chloride on the coins attacks the patina, but the origin of the chlorine is mysterious. The Fraunhofer Institute from Braunschweig and the Dresden Institute of Wood Technology delivered an expert opinion, but without result.

Unlike the milk stains that silver coins collectors have been keeping in their hands for years, however, the deposits on the coins of the Dresden exhibition were relatively easy to remove: As the newspaper reports, only wadders and some water are needed. The coins and medals are now covered with a varnish layer. The goal of the Dresden State Art Collections is to reopen the exhibition before Christmas.

[Lea79]

Hello and welcome ?.