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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;K Porter, post: 4991976, member: 115815&quot;][ATTACH=full]1199051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1199052[/ATTACH] <b>Hello.....I&#039;m new to &quot;Coin Talk&quot; so bear with me.&nbsp; I hope I&#039;m posting this thread correctly.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>The Seated Half above is dated 1869 and I own that coin.&nbsp; The bust quarter from 1836 is an image I found and saved from an on-line auction. I saved the obverse quarter image as it has similar markings to the ones on the reverse of my 1869 Seated Half. The half dollar has 2 pair of raised bisecting lines and the quarter has something somewhat similar. I believe the raised lines are a result of being struck with dies that have been altered for some reason. My thoughts are the lines were incised into the die before striking creating the raised lines. I&#039;m thinking they were meant to measure distance or angulation (??). I have a strong numismatic background but not too strong with errors or knowledge with die forming procedure or early die measurements. - So I&#039;m hoping someone can clarify what these marking indicate. Thanks in advance.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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