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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1435807, member: 112&quot;]Those are the black spots I mentioned, not what I am calling speckles. And speckles is just a word that I personally use. I can&#039;t recall ever seeing anybody else use it to describe what I am describing. But then I&#039;ve never seen anybody else try and describe what I am describing either. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what cause the black spots. I know that sometimes they can be caused by something rubbing against an area, like the arc of the smile line in the cheek. Or on the hair or the collar.&nbsp; But that can only happen on a high point. You often can see black marks like this on Morgans, on the frosted areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>But as you point out, there are also some in the most recessed areas like the in the windows of Monticello, and nothing could rub against the coin there.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I rather think the black marks can have two causes. One of them have something to do with the frost itself. A weak point in the frost on the die if you will caused by the wear of striking. But that is just a theory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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