1909 S PCGS Wouldn't Holder

PCGS does not holder peeling laminations, code 83. Probably not much of a market for it.

@ijn1944 looks like a die crack to me it runs though the wheat stalk as well but that to is odd looking. This coin is just odd all around.

@coinfrog Yeah now I know. I sent a batch of 11 coins in to test how they would come back. It wasn't all bad news like this one.

Lams are fun to put aside, but basically they don't work for serious date collectors.

I'm with T-Bop about questioning if it's even a woody. The lighter coloration is only on the surface of the coin. The high points have worn away and exposed the underlying copper.
I've always assumed ones like this have been recolored somehow.

I'm with T-BOP as well, this doesn't look at all like a woodie. I cannot be a woodie only on one side. Well, I take that back, it *could* be a woodie only on one side, but the odds are way, way against it. Have you ever seen a hunk of wood with woodgrain only on one side? Especially as thin as a cent? The improper alloy mix would run through the metal, so it only makes sense a similar "woodgrain" appearance would be noticeable on both sides of a coin.

Thanks for posting. I know now not to send in any LAM for grading. I agree with coinfrog, in that the improper alloy strips on obverse match direction of LAM on reverse. I believe lams are the ends of these improper mixing of alloys. There are also traces of the patterns on the reverse, just very faint.

Looks like a woody to me, and there's a hint of the same streaking on the reverse. There are certainly woody collectors, but the value in this coin is the fact that it's a 1909-S, and for Lincoln date collectors, the unusual appearance and reverse lam will probably detract from its value.