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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2131198, member: 71723&quot;]When you go back and read old threads on various boards, this seems to have heated up around &#039;06-&#039;07. I hadn&#039;t heard of it before then, but then again, I&#039;ve never seen it at all on my coins. Maybe all my &quot;cow odors&quot; nearby kill it off. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cow:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; For a while, the issue seemed to be mostly in PCGS slabs, and they took a lot of (probably undeserved) heat. When I do see it at shows today, I still see it disproportionately on slabbed coins, regardless of service. Could they somehow be providing a rich environment for the growth of these little buggers? But to be clear, it now shows up even fresh out of mint tubes, too. So let&#039;s think - what changed in the range 2006-07, except that more quantity started cranking up? When did the mint run out of the Strategic Silver Reserve and start using purchased pre-done blanks? I think it was well before then.</p><p><br /></p><p>On those three ESM photos, they all look very different, and the top one looked &quot;biological&quot;, like anthrax run amok, speaking of cows. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cow:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie43" alt=":droid:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cow:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie43" alt=":droid:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cow:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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