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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2220277, member: 66&quot;]19Lyds answered your first question.&nbsp; The &quot;streaks&quot; seen on the coin are the result of the copper and zinc alloy not being completely homogeneous.&nbsp; So some areas in the poured ingot were higher in zinc than others.&nbsp; When the ingot was rolled out into a strip these areas of high and low zinc content get stretched out into these thin bands.&nbsp; On the strip and the new planchets these &quot;streaks&quot; are not visible but over time the streaks of high and low zinc content tone at different rates and become visible as on your coin.&nbsp; These are commonly referred to as &quot;woodies&quot; because the streaks resemble the wood grain seen in lumber.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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