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Amazing! Totally amazing! Now I want a wood penny. I gotta keep my eyes open, I never really noticed this posting. most cool!! :kewl:

 

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Does this count?

 

I posted a washed out photo of this in another forum, I was asked to post this new photo here.

I used a different lighting set up to get it closer to its true color. I originally used a normal light bulb and these were taken under 2 natural color florescent desk lamps.

It is still a bit on the lite side but it is getting closer.

Cheers

 

Come on Doug, who's going to take the time to "apply" woodgraining to a coin worth one cent? LOL I got this coin from a Brinks bank roll. I also washed it with water and rinsed it with xylene to make sure it wasn't organic from being rubbed across something. You never know with these circulated wonders.

 

I didn't realize this was a form of error. I have found one or two in change. I thought it was a form of post mint damage. I will have to look for them, I know I kept them as an oddity, they are probably mixed in with my other damaged coins that I thought were interesting, and kept.

It doesn't appear they happen on current composition cents, does it?

Also, does it only happen when the coin starts to turn brown? IE, if they are going to have that affect, will it be noticable the day the coin is made or not for a while?

 

LOL, indeed my friend, indeed.

As for $10, I'd sell it in a heartbeat for that. For you, I'll make it $9 with free shipping! :kewl:

 

Now I got a second Woody....

 

Are there steel penny woodies?

 

I like!!

 

Oh man....that VDB is one of the nicest I've seen! NICE!

 

What did PCGS grade it at? Looks to be around 65/66.

 

If I can read his titles correctly, 66RB.

 

wow, Illini, that is nice!

 

1924-

 

Correct, it graded PCGS MS66RB and was part of a group of original rolls of VDB cents that had been in a vault for a few decades that was recently submitted. I was lucky enough to get in touch with that dealer who submitted them and I got two coins which graded MS67RB (a pop 3 coin) and I bought 6 of his MS66RB examples. It was really fun to be able to look through around 150 or so freshly graded 1909 VDB cents and cherrypick out the best looking examples

The dealer also cut me a nice price since I was buying several. He also knew he was making a ton on these since he bought the original rolls many years ago for $59 per roll!!!!! So at around $1 per coin + $8 per coin in bulk grading fees, he didn't even have $10 in each coin!

And since they were all from the same rolls, all of them had a very faint woodgrain effect on them, though it really is only noticable on the toned examples.

Edited to add pics of the MS67RB examples which show very slight woodgrain:

MS67RB #1




MS67RB #2

 

Nice Lincolns everybody! I fell in love with this obverse design when I first saw one in hand. Are darksides allowed?

 

For experts on Woodies:


Is the wood grain effect an active process? For example, if I purchased an MS level coin with this light wood graining:


Will the wood graining get stronger over time? Or is it circumstantial?