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Juststartingout Valued Member United States 173 Posts	Posted 07/24/2012 6:25 pm Hi this is another find recently 1992 penny with no I in Liberty, and perhaps some woody characteristics? Thanks Lynn * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

argentum Pillar of the Community United States 1195 Posts	Posted 07/24/2012 8:45 pm That 1996 cent is copper-plated zinc, and has some areas where it looks like the copper has worn off. Woody cents result from not-well-mixed bronze alloy used for pre 1982 copper cents. You might have some Grease Filled Die areas. Other more expert folks should weigh in if I'm off-b ASE Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19948 Posts	Posted 07/24/2012 8:58 pm No woody and just a filled die, worth no premium. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 11:12 am argentum is correct here. The 'woody' appearance comes from a lack of properly mixing alloys of different metals - in the case of Lincoln cents (pre-1983), this would be 95% copper and 5% other metals (tin and brass in different amounts depending on the year). Since all zinc cents are 100% zinc plated in 100% copper, there is no 'alloy' to mix improperly, this any stripes would have to be from something else, say, environmental damage to the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Kman Pillar of the Community Canada 933 Posts	Posted 07/25/2012 2:00 pm Coppercoins Meant to say, (95 percent copper, and five percent tin and zinc) from 1864 to 1962. In 1962, the cent's tin content was removed. That made the metal composition of the cent 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc. The alloy remained 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc until 1982, when the composition was changed to 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper (copper-plated zinc). Cents of both compositions appeared in that year. Edited by Kman 07/25/2012 2:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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