1980-P Cent Woody? Looks Really Cool!

Here is what I came up with.

Spot-on as usual.

If you took a rolling lines coin and sanded it with sand paper, the lines would all disappear. On the improper mixed (woody) coins they coin wear does not remove the affect. If I have a rolling lines example and sand paper, I would make one. If someone does try this take images before and after.

Or put tape one half of the coin so the sand paper won't affect it. Then it would show the before and after affect on the same coin.

I agree, CM. That's why I worded what I said this way:




I don't believe coop ever said that a woody could not be worn down to being "not a woody". The image says that it depends on how deep the improper alloy mix is. It is, however, unlikely that a normally circulating cent that is a woody would be worn down enough to remove any sign, even if the effect penetrates only halfway through the planchet.

I think coop's point is that roller lines are highly susceptible to being worn away with modest circulation whereas a woody must experience very heavy circulation wear to remove its effects, if at all.