Got Wood?

ldhair - Beautiful 1915-P !

That has become 1 of 4 coins that I try to grab in XF grade or better whenever I can. The other 3 are 1917-D , 1924-S & 1925-S. Somehow folks overlook the value of these 3 coins in XF grade or better It would be sweet to find them in Uncirculated & Wooded like yours.

 

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Thanks. It's a matte proof. ANACS gave it a 63.

 

Nice MPL Larry!!!

 

Here is a little bit of a different one . the wood graining is pronounced on the reverse but not the Obverse.

Make sure to click on these images twice, I upgraded my image hosting service - they images are huge!!!!!!! Enjoy!

 

@EyeEatWheaties

Besides being a gorgeous coin , your image size and quality looks to be the same quality as PCGS.
Nice service !

 

Thanks man. they have the advantage of shooting the coin out of the slab - I hold my Depth of Focus very shallow. The problem with that is that when the fields are in focus that high points are out of focus and visa-versa. I have found that if I open up the depth, the plastic in the slab mutes the contrast.

 

Very nice!!

 

A woody

Thought I'd share this one. Its just a raw coin but has some nice wood grain effect.

 

and another

 

Hey Newone regarding your 1940 Woody -

After a good soak in some distilled water and a generous treatment with some of BadThad's Verdi-Care , It could come out looking like Bloodwood (Brosimum Rubescens- Central & South America) , only darker.

Found the wood I sold that reminded me of yours after I did the Verdi-Care things.

 

Here is a different one. I bought this one this weekend and I assumed that the graining was the lines running 2:00 to 8:00 on the obverse and the other lines (11:30 to 5:30) were environments. I have always heard and seen that the graining will run in the identical direction on the other side of the coin. Imagine my surprise when I got home to find that both sets of lines were duplicated on the reverse - the top to bottom are not so obvious, but they are there.

Anyone want to guess which lines are wood and which are environmental? Or can there really be grain lines in both directions?

 

rlm's it looks like the grain runs from 8o'clock to 3o'clock on the obv and from 10o'clock to 4o'clock on the rev. That seems like it is the typical pattern for wood. I like the variety of alloy compression spots on the obv.

 

The slight shift you are seeing is because the back is rotated from the front - probably a good 15° CCW.

 

I'm at a loss to explain. As we've seen over all the posts, woodies can be quite mysterious. I've seen the criss-cross, waffle pattern on many, most often on well circulated coins.

Doesn't much matter, I love woodies anyway, especially when they have red like this one.

I wonder if Doug ever got that one-sided Memorial to retone?

 

Who keeps posting the giant images that are jacking up the threads.
It makes the threads impossible to read.

 

It sucks, eh? HAHAHAHAHA...don't worry, with pressure from me, he's figured out a new plan that won't force us to scroll anymore! YAY!

 

How do coins get "woody"?

 

This is my answer and maybe some of the experts here can help make corrections:

Question: What the heck is a WOODY ?
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Answer: A "WOODY" is a non-technical term for a copper coin that was minted on a planchette that was made from alloys that were not thoroughly mixed. So over time , when the coin begins to "tone" , the different metals tone differently, so you end up with an unpredictable variety of multi-colored coins that have what looks like wood grain or tiger stripes or marble. You can visit a website called CoinTalk and you will find some experts that specialize in "WOODY" collections , especially in the AU-BU grades.

 

It's your browser plus a combination of some missing code running behind this message board - I am not saying you should switch to chrome so that you don't have those problems however I will tell you that if you switch to chrome you will a lot happier with than what every you are using now.

 

they take Liberty with the Lady or is it they get mixed up with Lady Liberty?