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Hi, I'm coming across a few wheat pennies that have various, beautiful tones to it like varnish like as dark wooden table like or a very dark chocolate brown or black in some cases.  I have a hard time capturing the colors on the other coins so will wait for the moment. Just wondering of those coins could interest a collector or not as well. Marlies |
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Looks like a so called "woodie" There are collectors for these. The more it looks like wood grain the better. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice One, include full pictures of your coins front & back!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice Woodie!  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Woodies are popular with some collectors.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's caused by improper mixture of the alloys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Toning cannot constitute an error or a variety.
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So I guess "Woodies" and other unique "natural" tonings would be considered in a "special interest " category?
Marlies
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Bedrock of the Community
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"Woodies" are not in the same designation as "Toned" coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Here ya go OP EML Coin Collector - it took me awhile to find this thread but have a look through it - http://goccf.com/t/232926Edited by Marv65
03/24/2024 8:47 pm
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OK-it seems like toned coins are then just the ones that are done as experiments post mint?
Thanks for the link and taking the time to find it for me-very informative!
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ones that are done as experiments post mint? Not sure if I understand that? "Woodies" are created from improper mixing of the alloy metals - 95% copper with 5% Tin/Zinc. |
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Agreed - that is a 'woodie' cent and not an error or variety.
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A woody is technically an "error" in mixing the alloys. John1 |
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Nice example! |
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Posted 03/24/2024 12:26 pm
