1909 S Indian Cent...
Coll3ctor
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What do you think these lines are on the obverse? Grade?
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woodgrain effect.
alloy just wasnt properly mixed enough. probably on millions of lincs and indians.
Grade? Pictures:
1. Too small
2. Too out of focus
3. Too dimly lit
Don’t leave all that border around coin. It’s eating up space that could be used for more coin
Don’t shoot them at an angle
They are not my pictures and they are all I have to go by...
So you think it's a woody? Thought about that but not sure.
I like it at AU
peacockcoins
It’s a small amount of woody
I’ll see what I can do with the photos
I'd say AU55 for details, but the lighting is probably impacting the color.
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ya. there is no question. the entire obv is a woody.
I see two green flecks on the Indian's headband. I am hoping it is not active.
peacockcoins
1909 was only the second year that the San Francisco Mint produced minor coins.
The Nickel would follow in 1912 at both Denver and San Francisco, with the Cent making its debut in 1911 at Denver.
Seems like San Francisco never really got the alloy mixed correctly for Cents, as some of the most blatant woodies seem to have come from there.
Pete
Not sure I would label that coin a woodie, and I agree with @braddick regarding the green specs on your closeup.
Jim
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I would have to see that coin in hand, or at least much better pictures... I can see the 'wood grain' attribution, but looking closely, I am not totally convinced. Might be just the pictures/lighting. Cheers, RickO
Active green specs?
Near the 6th feather adjacent to the first "A" in AMERICA...
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Does "active" mean they are still growing and could get bigger? Nothing to kill these green spots?
It's not so much about killing them, it's about the damage they may have done already.
if they are active,, then it's also the damage that could be done
Tough to say without coin in hand... with the images in the OP, the color looks more yellow-orange on my monitor. This could be lighting, or the color saturation on my monitor, or a combination of the two. Normally, I might suggest an acetone bath for the verdigris, but in this instance, I'm a bit reluctant. I'm not 100% certain, based on the images I'm looking at, that if the acetone removes the green spot, that you're necessarily going to like what's underneath.
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