Looks like the second strike was struck over a blank planchet (Flattening the reverse details) and the obverse is showing a hint of reed lines, but no actual reeds. Mike Diamond might like to see these images. First time I've seen the smeared looking reed lines. (Wonder if this one had a collar clash on the edge of the die?) Just never noticed this before.
I don't do enough with reeded-edge coins to know if that slide effect is common or not, but it sure did make the coin look great in the images as it has nice geometry.
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