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New Member
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Hi all. been watching coin error videos on you tube. So I went looking through my wheat cents and found this. 1917 s that looks like some gold shavings got in the press. I have probably had this coin for 45 years. Lol. Opinions on value? Thanks  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Struck through gold shavings/filings - how cool would that be? Looks to be some small areas where the gold (?) has fell out leaving a void.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Highly unlikely that it would be gold inclusions. The most probable cause would brass streaks in the bronze alloy, also known as a "woody" because many examples have streaks that resemble wood grain. Edited by biokemist6
08/15/2017 6:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Any chance you could post a clear close-up of the "gold" area under God?
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New Member
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CoinMasters All I have is my phone. but I will see what I can do.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Improper alloy mix. to CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks to me like a Lamination error or possibly something has been put on the coin. An expert will probably help you with it.
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Rest in Peace
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Looks as Bio said, planchet flaw with a brass/zinc formation throughout the flan...improperly mixed in plate stock making. This may be a chunk of raw brass that was melted but not fully mixed in while annealing?
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Bedrock of the Community
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 with biokemist6. It is an improperly mixed alloy. Just a little more dramatic version of a woody. I don't have my pictures on my new phone yet or I'd post something very similar on a British penny. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cool find!
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it's not something that comes off with acetone, I would agree it's an improper alloy mix. An improper alloy mix is not an error though, it's the cause of a few different errors. So which is it?
UtahJack if it was my coin I'd soak it in acetone. It won't hurt it, but it'll remove paint, glue, etc, If it doesn't come off, clear close-up pictures of all areas of the anomoly would be in order.
Edited by CoinMasters
08/16/2017 01:55 am
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Rest in Peace
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Neat Monster Woody. You don't see that degree of improper alloy mix often. I like it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good eye! to the CCF! |
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