| Author |
 Replies: 16 / Views: 4,169 |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1590 Posts |
A while back I posted a 1928 LWC with extreme woodgraining. And on the whole I got some very negative feedback. Though some of it was at least laced with humor. The purpose was to show a high grade coin that had such extreme woodgraining and color variation between the grains that it effectively camouflaged the features of the coin. Perhaps I wasn't too clear in why I was posting it. That may have been my fault. I have lately gone through a quarter of a million LWC and have about 100k left to go through. As I was looking for all the goodies; 09S, 09Svdb,14d, ect; I started to pull wood grained coins until now I have several hundred. I think from some of the comments that quite a few people think that woodgraining is pretty uniform in appearance. But it is not. And that is what makes it so interesting to me. I have noticed that Woodgrained LWCs tend to have more lamination errors than the general pop; understandable given their nature. But they also tend to wear at different rates. That is to say that the different metals oxidize and wear with age at different rates. Sometimes creating a ridged appearance in the surface. Some of you no doubt would put it down to environmental damage, but I assure you it is more of a metallurgical issue. To show some of the different types of woodgraining I present the following         As you can see they range from the subtle 1956-D (RPM-1)to the not so subtle. I have included a couple from the same year so that you can get the idea that they are not all wood grained LWC have the same features. I hope this was educational. |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1436 Posts |
The wood-grain effect is from improperly mixed metals when the planchets were made. Here is one of my favorites...   |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1944 Posts |
i am in the "i like them" camp. I have only about a dozen or so. I find them very fun finds.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2373 Posts |
I have several of them in my LWC set. Sometimes they get a bad shake from TPG on grades and authenticity. nlp |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
I like the 1956-D with the repunched mint mark!
Woodies are nice anomaly's!
Edited by oih82w8
10/28/2013 09:38 am
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
19947 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
613 Posts |
I think woodies have character. I don't want them in my regular album, but they have their own charm and I save them. And, with the metalurgical issues as their cause, I think it's a great reminder that nothing's perfect.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
1590 Posts |
I already have two complete sets of Regular Lincolns, so now I'm assembling a set of Woodies. Perhaps I'll be the first person to be able to say that? That would be an accomplishment in the world of Lincoln Collecting. And it's a short set to boot! Being from 1909 to 1982. Not counting the off metal 1983's and the 2009 bronze cents.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1590 Posts |
Dave, that's a nice 1920 Woodie!
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
19947 Posts |
Quote:
I already have two complete sets of Regular Lincolns, so now I'm assembling a set of Woodies. Great project! However, you'll have a hard time completing such a set. For many years you just can't find woodies. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1053 Posts |
I thought about making a short set, but agreed it would be way to hard. Although I do save the superb examples from my roll hunting.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1590 Posts |
BadThad, I probably have 50 to 60 percent done already. I do agree though it will be hard. But isn't that the challenge?
I'm actually doing a study right now. Pulling hundred coin samples and seeing how many woodies are in each sample. I am pulling 3 hundred coin samples per year and mint mark. I might make it 5 hundred coin samples. It depends on how many raw coins I can get. For instance I only have 43 1917 D's in my sample group so far.
The Teens and Twenties are going to be easy. The Thirties a bit harder. I think the 40s are doable,but some dates are way more prevalent than others. The 50s are much harder, except for 1958, 57, and 56 in that order. I haven't started on Memorials yet, except for the odd one "found in the wild". I am guessing that those years are going to be the hardest. Those being the years that quality control was firmer.
At some point I might have to figure out how to make it a co-operative project so that I can get enough samples of the keys and semi keys. Though I have some ideas regarding sale records and what not.
What years have you found to be almost impossible? As I said I have several hundred right now; perhaps close to a thousand. Many though in low grade.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Great idea to try to make such a complete set. Woodgrained Cents are more common than people realize. Like so many other types of errors, wood grained ones could go through circuoation without anyone really noticing. These are the typical error coins not covered in many places that explain errors. Such as the Famous Red Book on pages 417 and up, latest version. Such a set would be a real challage. Might not be easy if just looking through standard rolls and piles of coins. If you frequent coin shows, start asking dealers to save any for you. Also, might want to try here. |
|
Valued Member
United States
406 Posts |
Interesting post, and I sure like that 1956-D RPM! Personally the woodgrain appearance is one I have never been fond of, though, even after 50+ years of doing Lincolns. Best Regards,  George VDB Coins |
|
Valued Member
United States
379 Posts |
Pretty cool demonstration. So out of the quarter million cents, did you find any major key dates?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2311 Posts |
Wow they look cool!  |
| |
Replies: 16 / Views: 4,169 |
Posted 10/28/2013 07:02 am
