Can anyone tell me what is on this pennie?

I found this in my pocket last night. The back is normal.

 

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It's a woody. Improper mixing of the alloys causes interesting woodgrain effects:

http://www.cointalk.com/t65353/

 

It is commonly called a woodie cent. This only occurs in 95% copper cents I believe. Nice find, I also have a 80 D of similar looks with the reverse showing little to no lines.

 

Ok thank you.

 

I pulled every thing out of my pockets last night and thought that it looked differnt

 

just looked at the back side closer and i can see line on. I tryed taking pics. but they didn't show up

 

Clad realy shows it off if you dip them in strong acids. Metal Grain Structure? or maybe the direction in which the sheets were final polished?

 

The one I have that is similar to the OP's coin, is also posted in the thread: Got Wood?

 

Ya i found that thred after i posted this one. this is the first one I have seen I need to go though more of the threds and look and read more as I'm still new at this stuff

 

That's how you develop your "eye". You found something out of the norm. Eventually, oddities will stand out like a sore thumb. With a little more experience and understanding of coin manufacturing, you'll know what causes things like this and other errors you find.

Good start!

 

Thanks I appreciate all the help here. I'v found a couple die error pennies that just looking on here has helped me know what they are.

 

Direction in which the ingot was rolled out to form the strip. Everything is stretched out in the direction of the rolling.