Why does this lincoln look like lumber, and is it worth anything???

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by BonnieSue, Jun 9, 2015.

  1. BonnieSue

    BonnieSue The devil's in the Hair !!

    The 1965 is missing a chunk of copper, Mint error or old?? dents 001.jpg dents 002.jpg dents 003.jpg dents 004.jpg dents 005.jpg dents 006.jpg dents 007.jpg
     
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  3. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    The '80 is a woody. Improperly mixed alloy.

    The '65 is pretty well beat up, but looks like a lamination or struck through.
     
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  4. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Both are keepers BonnieSue
     
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  5. BonnieSue

    BonnieSue The devil's in the Hair !!

  6. BonnieSue

    BonnieSue The devil's in the Hair !!

    ?.One more question... Don't take this the wrong way....
    What is a woody worth?? Just want to know
     
  7. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
     
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  8. tradernick

    tradernick Coin Hoarder

    They don't have a lot of value, typically. The color of yours seems off but it's hard to tell from the pics. Usually the coin is a darker color and the woodgrain look is lighter and splotchy. Your coin has even stripes that are darker than the coin, looks like.
    That may be toning or something other than a planchet issue, or it could be original to the piece. Although there's several different types, normally a "woody" would look more like this...
     

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  9. Amos 811

    Amos 811 DisMember

    Dont take this the wrong way, but I love having round, hard things in my pockets with heads on em after leaving the coin shop. :p
     
  10. charlietig

    charlietig Well-Known Member

    :wideyed::wideyed::wideyed:
     
  11. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    These 80's woodies are fairly common, more so with the one-sided type. IMO, it is not caused by a poorly mixed alloy because the appearance is quite different from the wheat cent woodies.

    The theory I've tossed about for years with these modern woodies is that the stripes are caused by impurities on the planchet sheet rollers which get pressed into the sheets before they cut them out. You can't see the stripes right after minting however those areas tone differently causing them to appear later in the coins life.
     
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    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

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