Got Wood?

Here's one I picked up at the 2016 Fall PNNA coin show this weekend. The vibrant colors you see is an iridescent patina that has developed over the surface of the Lincoln Cent. The reverse has folded lamination right above the N in CENT. When I was first looking at the coin, I thought it was a hit. When I got home I discovered what it really was.

 

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That is spectacular.

 

Crap I forgot to post this one

 

It does for me...I will pay extra for good wood grain coppers.

 

Is that a crack from the wheat stock to the M?

 

I think it is just a piece of dust.

 

Rev of a 1919
Obv is pretty standard, none of the 'wood' effect

I also found it interesting how much more worn the right stalk appears than the left stalk

 

The difference in the wear patterns of the wheat stalks is most likely a result of the strike than actual wear. It was common for the press to lose it's level during operations.

 

Here's a couple of mine with the same "wood" effect.

 

We love Lincolns, what do the rev look like?

 

Here ya go!

 

Here's a beauty. Not quite the wood grain effect though.

 

What?
You forgot the rev?
Welcome to CT.

 

Killin me! That's SWEEEEEET!

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