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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sambyrd44, post: 2189040, member: 26653&quot;]<b>1912 Canadian Large Cent - Poor allow mix AKA Woody</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a lot of copper in my collection mostly coins that have circulated and seen commerce and many on the common side. Here is a very common coin with an uncommon characteristic it has a wood or woody effect do to a poor allow mix when the planchet was produced. I have several earlier US Wheat cents with a similar look. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was in a random box I had not sorted and it was sitting in the 2x2 it was purchased in maybe a couple of years. I looked at the coin close under a glass and seen what appears to be PVC contamination the fortunate thing is there does not appear to be any significant damage. I always discard the flips when I buy coins and use safety flips or 2x2&#039;s or envelopes. My core coins are stored in snap-locks or Slabs. This coin will go for another acetone bath of a day or so to see if the rest of the crud will come off. </p><p><br /></p><p>The top images are before the one day acetone soak.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s858.photobucket.com/user/paulda1/media/lgcent.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s858.photobucket.com/user/paulda1/media/lgcent.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab149/paulda1/lgcent.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse had the most green material.</p><p><a href="http://s858.photobucket.com/user/paulda1/media/lgrev.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s858.photobucket.com/user/paulda1/media/lgrev.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab149/paulda1/lgrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>after a day in acetone ( use a covered glass container)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s858.photobucket.com/user/paulda1/media/canlargeside_1.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s858.photobucket.com/user/paulda1/media/canlargeside_1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab149/paulda1/canlargeside_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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