Does a woody qualify as a error coin? Check out the extra long tassle on the bow tie ( might have to enlarge the pic) and yes there is doubling in the date and liberty and on the reverse it has some extra copper halfway down the wheat stalk parallel with the U in United States.
Yes, I think I saw another thread with this Lincoln cent piece. Nice looking coin but I don't see any error at all. Please educate me if I'm missing something.
I don't see it either. Yes agree, it's a nice coin. The last picture is the best. He should take his coins out of the holders before he takes his pictures. He needs some practice.
A planchet making process error isn't the same as a minting error though. An improper alloy mix would be undetectable from planchet to planchet during the minting process and would show up much later as the coin tones. I'm pretty confident the manufacturers could detect it nowadays with material testing advances, but years ago as long as the color was right and it assayed appropriately it wouldn't matter to them. Someone interested in "woodies" might pay more for them for the uniqueness of the toning and it may generate more interest in an auction and more competition for it, but it's not really a "minting error" like a double die or off metal coin would be, more like unique toning, a coin with more personality than others of that year.
A woody or woodie is an improperly mixed alloy giving the coin it's wood grain appearance. It is not a minting error. Therefore you can start a huge argument as to is this or is this not a Mint error.
