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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4946207, member: 112"]The rims, (particularly the obv), the surfaces of the fields, and the type of luster the coin appears to have say business strike to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the spots Mike, some of them at least look to have small pieces debris in their centers which is somewhat typical of spots like these. At some point tiny pieces of organic debris get deposited on the coin and as the debris decays it causes that dark toning. Spots with this cause, well sometimes they can be removed to one degree or another, whereas true carbon spots, (and a couple look like they might be), unh uh, those are typically there to stay. But even when the dark spots do have an organic cause and are removed, most of the time a light spot replaces the dark spot. </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess what I'm trying to say is - I think I'd leave them alone if it were me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4946207, member: 112"]The rims, (particularly the obv), the surfaces of the fields, and the type of luster the coin appears to have say business strike to me. As for the spots Mike, some of them at least look to have small pieces debris in their centers which is somewhat typical of spots like these. At some point tiny pieces of organic debris get deposited on the coin and as the debris decays it causes that dark toning. Spots with this cause, well sometimes they can be removed to one degree or another, whereas true carbon spots, (and a couple look like they might be), unh uh, those are typically there to stay. But even when the dark spots do have an organic cause and are removed, most of the time a light spot replaces the dark spot. I guess what I'm trying to say is - I think I'd leave them alone if it were me.[/QUOTE]
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