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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like a woody to me.  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like one. Looks like the coin was polished and cleaned, but probably would reduce the value of this coin?
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Looks like a woody to me—that doesn't look like surface discoloration. Nice find!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Pillar of the Community
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"Looks like the coin was polished and cleaned"
What indicators do you see for polishing/cleaning? Not discounting your opinion, just curious. I pulled this out of the ground metal detecting, it only received an acetone bath.
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Pillar of the Community
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nice woodie...
pretty good photos...
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Pillar of the Community
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This looks so far like an 'improper alloy mix' error (called 'woody') with streaks or lines of varying widths and lengths. Modern cents can have a slightly similar look also from roller marks. https://www.error-ref.com/improper-alloy-mix/Edited by datadragon
01/16/2023 2:20 pm
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Nice example!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Id need to c see a nice closeup that was well focused.  |
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nice 'fine grained' woody. (would that be an Oak or Walnut?)
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll go with Sassafras but only because I don't get to use that word often.
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Pillar of the Community
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Lordy, your soil must be especially kind to copper. The soil in my neck of the woods leaches from copper quite a bit.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very cool and unusual looking woody! You can tell it is, by the consistent direction of the grain, obverse to reverse. Nice find!
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Pillar of the Community
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"Lordy, your soil must be especially kind to copper. The soil in my neck of the woods leaches from copper quite a bit."
So variable in my neck of the woods. There are areas I hunt that are super acidic and most all copper finds are DOA. High desert - like this find - tend to produce some gems (as gemmy as a dirt find can be that is)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Dearborn - walnut may be somewhat fine-grained, but not oak.  |
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