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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 431550, member: 5233&quot;]I have read several times that early Lincoln cents sometimes had a wood grain appearance because of something in the metal of the planchet...I don&#039;t remember why.&nbsp; Because this is a characteristic of the metal itself and therefore not only on the surface of the coin, I assume that circulated Lincoln&#039;s can also have the wood grain appearance.&nbsp; Is that a correct assumption?</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I ask is I have going though the part of my coin collection I have photographed (I moved away from home to go to school and left my coins behind and I miss them) and I noticed one of them had what appeared to be a wood grain appearance that I hadn&#039;t noticed before...and it is a circulated 1909-S.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the photo of the coin.&nbsp; Would this be considered a wood grain Lincoln?&nbsp; Do coins with this affect typically carry a premium...and does that include circulated examples?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/1909-SLincolnCent.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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