Looks like the die was polished or has clash marks: Overlay Looks like that area should be clear where the collar is on the reverse. You might take some more images of the Collar area wider and closer to send images to John Wexler to see what he thinks? Looking again, I feel that is the hair that was partly polished away. I was looking to low before.
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