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Message:: [QUOTE="tomfiggy, post: 2437444, member: 51884"]The lines are supposed to be polished away before the die is used. It is an error that the mint worker didn't do his job, and quality control did not catch these. I have seen them listed on e-bay for around $20.00. I have never sold one. There are 15 different obverse dies. I don't have all of them. I have doubles on some. The last time I compared them and tried to attribute them to the ones on the website mentioned above I got a really bad headache.  Haha. Ill try it again sometime. Some are subtle, and like this one only a small area is affected.  Some of them are very pronounced with more of the coin affected. They aren't a big deal but it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick when CRH.A MAD is a "misaligned die". That is the "railroad rim" on one edge with the opposite edge is missing some or all of the edge. These lathe line coins only appeared on certain years. Don't confuse these with a "woodie" typically early 1980'S linclons.  They have a wood grain look from improperly mixed alloy. Those lines are uneven and usually go in a straight direction across the coin, and through the coin so the lines are on the obverse, and reverse of the coin.[/QUOTE]