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<p>[QUOTE="statequarterguy, post: 960138, member: 21782"]You should be able tell with 10x or more mag. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll let dersertgem weigh in on this as he knows a lot more about this. But I've been told the raised tiny specks are carbon spots due to someone coughing/sneezing/breathing on the coin. The ones I've seen are pin head size and dark brown/black and under high mag look like chunks of carbon. Some spots I've seen have toning emanating from them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="statequarterguy, post: 960138, member: 21782"]You should be able tell with 10x or more mag. I'll let dersertgem weigh in on this as he knows a lot more about this. But I've been told the raised tiny specks are carbon spots due to someone coughing/sneezing/breathing on the coin. The ones I've seen are pin head size and dark brown/black and under high mag look like chunks of carbon. Some spots I've seen have toning emanating from them.[/QUOTE]
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