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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2457725, member: 73983&quot;]Hey everyone..&nbsp; I was just examining a new 1945 Walking Liberty Half that I bought recently.&nbsp; I noticed some odd lines that at first I thought were die cracks, but after looking at them, I think they are die gouges.&nbsp; The reason I think they are die gouges is because of the locations, lengths and radial like pattern.&nbsp; The first thing it made me think about was the 1957-D Washington Quarter with re-engraved tail feathers.&nbsp; In that situation it makes sense.&nbsp; So, if these are not die cracks, why would a mint employee engrave these lines onto the obverse?&nbsp; They appear to run from Liberty&#039;s arm/shoulder out into the field of stars.&nbsp; It just looks very intentional.&nbsp; Has anyone seen anything similar to this?&nbsp; Any comments or hypotheses are welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of photo&#039;s.&nbsp; The first is a close up of the area without highlighting the gouges/cracks, the second is with the highlighting of the affected areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]514693[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514691[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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