Question about woodies

On a coin ,what does "woodie" stand for?:yes::smile:hail::devil::dead-horse::foot-mouth::rollling::welcome::thumb:

 

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The term "woodie" refers to a pattern that appears on the planchets. It gives the coin a "woodgrain" look.
Here is a whole thread dedicated to "woodies" with a lot of nice examples.
http://www.cointalk.com/t65353/

 

Here is my Woodie example:
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I only have 1, and it's canadian. :|

 

You can get all kinds of patterns to the grain. Here is one I particularly like and another interesting pattern.

 

Here is mine just pulled it the other day