1945-P Walking Liberty Half Dollar Coin Possibly Rare?

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villagekid Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 04:15 am Just going through some walkers and found this coin. It has rays or die cracks above the right shoulder and arm areas of lady liberty that extend upward much like the sun rays. Also, I noticed that the artist initials on the reverse appear missing. I'm aware of known examples of missing artist initials but is there any variety designation for what I see on the obverse? Any assistance is greatly appreciated. I hope my pictures are sufficient. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 09:02 am Can you give us a close-up of this obverse phenomenon you see? Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 09:43 am I think it's a die clash showing some detail of the eagles feathers. (They appear only as about 5 lines or like rays at the shoulder and then along outstretched arm.) Maybe not though? Edited by TNG 09/22/2020 09:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5673 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 10:02 am I don't see that it matches anything on the reverse for a die clash. They look more like die gouges to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Ty2020b Pillar of the Community United States 4680 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 10:50 am Agreed, not seeing it match up with a clash. Not die cracks. Strange that a series of die gauges or heavy die scratches would appear on a mid to mid-high relief point of the devices. it's an I'm not sure for me. Report this Post to the Staff
villagekid Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 4:43 pm Update: I probably should change the title to possible Sunburst? I received an email from a different source stating that this variety is listed in NGC Variety Plus and is considered quite rare. It does match the markers from what I see. Here is the link to NGC Variety Plus https://www.NGCcoin.com/variety-plu...1947/820333/ This particular variety attribution is listed as: 1945 "SUNBURST" VP-001 It also shows a pic of the outstretched arm and shoulder area. NGC census population is 5 known WOW! Interesting what you dismiss years ago and then find later in an old baseball type box...lol Report this Post to the Staff
Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5673 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 4:57 pm It does look like an exact match. I never heard of that variety before. Nice find! Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 09/23/2020 7:45 pm very nice find! How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
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