Yes, it is a woody. If you are asking if it has any value because it is a woody, no. You might be lucky enough to find someone who would pay you a bit extra because it is a lamination error, but it would not be much. FYI, most all of my woodies I have purchased at a discount - likely because they are woodies. Most collectors wants a uniformly colored coin.
War nickels were minted from 1942-1945 during WWII. They have a different composition due to the strong demand of copper and nickel during WWII. They are 35% silver 56% copper, & 9% manganese. They are worth $2.50 in melt.
Not quite. Right now, with silver being at $23.70, war nickels are worth $1.33 for melt. See www.coinflation.com for updated prices.
I guess that's what I get when I don't pay attention to the date of the previous post. By the way, I've never heard of a "woodie" nickel. Is it the "wood grain" look of a coin that makes labeled as such?
So far as I am aware, there is no official definitions of a woody, so I will try this. It is a coin (almost always with copper) where the alloy is non-uniformly mixed allowing the coin to tone producing bands of different colors due to the distortions caused by the milling process. Copper cents are the most common woody, but nickels (25% copper) are far from rare. I have seen a few quarters that I believe were woodies also. Silver coins are only 10% copper, so any silver coin could possible tone in this fashion, but this is rare.
i have a few wheat cents that are "woodies" and i LOVE them, i never knew it was a lamination error though, i just thought that that is how they sometimes wear, very good info, thank you
If you are saying what I think you are, no , woodies are not lamination. Now, improper mixing can result in a lamination, but just because it is a woody does not make it a lamination. The original con happens to have a lamination in the hair as well as banded toning.
