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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1044695, member: 19065&quot;]Well, I&#039;ve had a look at 3 of the 8 I ordered. The quality of the strikes is nice. I&#039;ve not found any breaks to the frosting and the grainy patterning of this type of frosting is not as bothersome as I&#039;d worried it might be obliterating details. HOWEVER---&gt; On two of the three I&#039;ve inspected so far, I&#039;m seeing a faint haze in the field beneath &quot;In God We Trust&quot; which has the look of a wash that wasn&#039;t rinsed off. It&#039;s noticeable under magnification with the light at just the right angle, but not noticeable by the naked eye. One of them also has two very faint, almost transparent, spots on the obverse just to the right of Ms. Liberty on the obverse. These have the shape of milk spots I&#039;ve seen on bullion ASEs. I suggest everyone inspect your proof eagles closely, with a good loupe. I&#039;m just using a 5x Aspheric Bausch &amp; Lomb, but it&#039;s clear as day under magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit: I&#039;ve taken a look at all 8 and 5 of them have this haze. It appears most prominently under IGT and around the Y of LIBERTY on the obverse and extending from the wingtips of the eagle on the reverse. A sixth unit I have has a minor, to acceptably unnoticeable touch of this haze on the reverse and all but one is free entirely of this haze. It is reminiscent of the kind of early stage toning I&#039;ve seen on Brown Box Ikes, which start out blueish in the mirrored fields, only I think this is something the Mint didn&#039;t rinse off during production as it has a fluid-y look, and some reticulation from drying on the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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