1896-S Dime: Thoughts?
Aotearoa
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How do you explain the mottled toning on the obverse? It looks to me that someone may have started cleaning the reverse and then stopped.
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My guess is an old dip, though it might have occurred naturally. However, it also looks as though the reverse has a partial print on the bottom of the coin on either side of the mintmark, which would make me think an old dip is likely.
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Probably an old dip as @TomB suggests... or an old sneeze that dried on the obverse.
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