It's in mint condition otherwise but there are brown spots on every page around the numbers at the top of each page.
Not sure how it happened but when I got it new it didn't have the brown marks. Do I need a brand new passport?
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Sign up to join this communityThis is not an issue. Some smudges and marks are common and increases upon usage. As long as the ID page is ok, this is not at all a problem.
It's not a problem. It's likely an artifact of the production process. I have exactly the same in the four Norwegian passports I have lying around.
Not as extreme, and to a varying degree, but still clearly visible.
I should also note that I have pages with tears (from stapled in entry notes), crossed out visas, overlapping stamps - and it lived in my inner pocket for four years, so the gold trim is half worn away. Yet I have never heard a single word about passport being worn out.