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My first woody. Not US but still...

 

Interesting Woody that I'm selling. Huge lot of pennies had tons of these and I couldn't justify keeping them all

 

Got an interesting woody, looks like Abe is smiling!

 

Got this one this morning, calling it "Warpaint".

 

I got a question, how much does a coin (A Cent for example) go for if it has that "wood" look to it? How much of a premium?

 

Typically, they sell for a discount. The connoisseur collector prefers a uniform color. When the grain adds color, it might add to the price.

 

It is a niche collection, some like wood grain, some collect holed coins, some collect 100 other various qualities that a coin may have. It is not always about value, sometimes it about the thrill of finding an interesting coin in a sea of similar looking coins.

 

Sort of a woody.

 

Technically, that cannot be a woody. Those were (supposedly) pure copper. Thus, there is not alloy to be improperly mixed. It is possible that the copper was not properly refined. Or, in this case, I believe that is due to storage or exposure while something was on the coin.

 

Wow, hard to believe they got it right!

 

Me too. I was expecting and exceptional coin at that grade, but I got it at nearly 1/2 price, so ......

 

Really, interesting. So where can you find these type of coins? I've yet to see a "wood" Cent in my pocket change.

 

A lot of looking. But you will probably not see them in your pocket change. Zincons are plated with nearly pure copper and should never form the pattern. The later copper cents seem to have a different pattern and it is normally relatively faint. Most of your nicer ones are teens and twenties and minimumly AU.

 

That's what I've noticed from the pictures posted by these members. Well, now thanks to you all, you have me wanting these now. lol

 

Sweden Woody one Ore / Copper cent.