1980-D Lincoln Memorial Cent / LMC Does This Qualify As A "woody?"

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Coinvirgin Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 03/11/2018 12:12 am This is more yellow than brown when seen under direct light. Does this qualify as a "Woody?" Report this Post to the Staff

Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7512 Posts	Posted 03/11/2018 12:20 am No.what you have on this coin are roller lines. Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 03/11/2018 12:56 am You really don't find many "woodies""after the '50's. Manufacturing and smelting technology became a lot more constant on its output. Woodies/are thought to be a mismatched alloy mix, not completely mixed in, heated(annealed) correctly, cold pressed too early or late. Woodies do seem to go hand in hand with lamination errors(fault of metals bonding). It does happen, and roller lines are about the closest thing really, just not a metal mix fault, stained blanking stock plate. This is a modern Woody: Edited by Crazyb0 03/11/2018 01:01 am Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 03/11/2018 04:37 am I agree that what you see are "roller lines". Before mid-1982, cents were made of a 95% copper alloy and that material was "rolled" into the appropriate thickness by the Mint. The rollers could have developed attached debris and subsequently embedded it into the surface of these copper cent planchets (soon to be coins). Those lines would most likely disappear with heavy wear to the coin's surfaces. A "woody" is equivalent to a smoothie that wasn't blended enough. It is an improperly mixed alloy whether the component percentages are correct or not. They do not appear as perfectly straight lines (that suggests machining) and can be associated with lamination flaws as Crazyb0 mentioned. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Edited by spru 03/11/2018 04:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
shotgung Pillar of the Community United States 1101 Posts	Posted 03/11/2018 08:00 am I thought this was the real Woody? Hmm.......... Either way, it's a nice looking coin with woody looking grain. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinvirgin Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 03/11/2018 11:58 am gotcha'! Report this Post to the Staff
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1980-D LMC Does This Qualify As A "woody?"