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 . And a nice wood grain on the 1980 too. John1  |
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I was wondering what you guys call that,wood grain makes sense,,now how in the heck does that happen the wood grain look?Thanks too guys for telling what the coins are each time,,really cool you all do this for folks like me,,,Thanks Cosmos
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#3 die scratches. The rest everyone already nailed down. The 74 is a large date. But nothing really special on all of them.
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woodgrain Resulted from impurities in the alloy or concentrations of pure copper that did not properly blend with the 5% tin and zinc added to it. When these less than perfect ingots were rolled into strip, from which blanks would later be punched, the concentrations were flattened and stretched into the patterns seen on the finished coins. Invisible when first struck, these flaws appeared only after the coin was exposed to atmospheric agents that caused the copper concentrations to tone more quickly than the properly mixed portions of the planchet. John1 |
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Ok cool,,I now can say I know what is going on with the wood grain look,,,some penny's have neat.I will file that message you left for this thread in my coin info files,John thanks.Cosmos
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Those are cool penny's,,I see maybe 2 out of a 1000 that look good,always copper cents.The thick band Woodie Cent,I have never seen one with grain that wide,,,that one I like...Thanks Coop for pics to look at,,,,Cosmos
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I have no idea what is going on with these pennys,,Thanks for the help.
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