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Valued Member
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All, This penny has some interesting marks. At first I thought it had been cleaned and then I saw a similar Wheat penny on ebay that said it was a planchet error. Some advice please? Thanks. Bill   |
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Pillar of the Community
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It looks fairly normal to me. It doesn't look cleaned. It looks like a nice coin from here. Some type of east/west striation lines on the obv and rev. You think it's from a harsh cleaning? It might be. It also might be part of the coin. The mint luster looks about right. Others will chime up.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Luster looks fine, but I'm mainly focused on the striation marks on both obverse and reverse sides on this
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Moderator
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Might be considered a "woody' John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would say cleaned and a bad try at trying to retone at some point.
Edited by Daves Errors
08/04/2020 2:00 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I believe it's a woody--a planchet composition issue. Google the term 'woody copper coin' for more complete info and cool images. Aside from the woody matter, the coin looks like it may have been cleaned at one point in its past. Nice coin. Good example of a woody.
I have a few earlier wheat cents with a similar woody look.
Edited by ijn1944
08/04/2020 2:27 pm
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Thanks everyone-interesting. With that very useful info, to me, up close, it looks like the obverse is like a woody and the reverse is more like it was cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like some type of scratches here.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't know what to make of this. it has an unnatural look to my eye.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The color looks artificial to me. The scratches on the reverse maybe from the cleaning the coin went through. If we are seeing fine scratches, that is what has happened to this coin. (Note the wear on the cheek, looks like it was rubbed with something?)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Defiantly not a planchet error, regardless what a seller said on ebay. To me. the coin does look either cleaned or somehow damaged on the surfaces. |
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