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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cliff Reuter, post: 8125864, member: 115140&quot;]Annealing and &quot;Woodies&quot; are two different &quot;animals&quot; as John Burgess points out in the following quote.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for that very well-worded and thought-out description of woodies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent image.</p><p>Thanks very much for that edge view. It shows the improper mixing on one half while also showing the proper mix on the other.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the reason woodies get past the quality control at the mint is that it is hard to see the woody on freshly minted coins. The difference doesn&#039;t really show up until the metals start to oxidize.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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