Looks like the die was polished around the date area. This maybe dust on the gutter part of the die that wasn't cleaned off. So that is probably the first coin to be struck on that die after it was polished. Note how clean the fields are. But it is not an EDS die. So that is what I see interesting about this coin.
Sorry to get off topic: I created an image of putting the buffalo back on the plain again. But it got moved to a new location: http://goccf.com/t/417482 Probably won't be seen in that location. But I figured others here might enjoy this image.
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