1. Describe what you see in this image. 2. Do you need to see any more of the coin (another image) in order to describe what you see in THIS IMAGE?
I see a Wheat Cent with a very nice red color. There are brown spots in the field and on some of the lettering. Also in the fields are brown streaks that are lighter than the spots. Near the rim are lines directed towards the center. They are possibly the result of a worn die. I think the spots and streaks were caused by a foreign substance reacting with the surface.
So, are the dark spots the same as the brown smudge over "one?" NO, there are two things (spots/smudge) going on in the image of the coin's surface caused by two different things. A written description similar to the one above would have pointed this fact out. It is all in the details.
Years ago this cent was owned by a person with a headcold. The dark spots are the remnants of spittle from his sneeze.