Die crack and lamination on this Morgan?

Coinstartled

Or something else?

Insider2

Die crack and sawdust strike thru. Some of the wood is still in the left side of the depression.

Coinstartled

@Insider2 said:
Die crack and sawdust strike thru. Some of the wood is still in the left side of the depression.

Good job, I looked right past the dark spots.

FredWeinberg

Die cracks are common,
and I agree with Insider2
that it's a struck-thru-
and it's struck thru a piece
of wood, probably from the
box the planchets came from.

This is also fairly common on the
CC dollars sold by the Treasury
back in the day.

ricko

Nice strike through.... and with retained wood...surprised it was not noted on the label... Cheers, RickO

Coinstartled

@ricko said:
Nice strike through.... and with retained wood...surprised it was not noted on the label... Cheers, RickO

Yup. I was surprised as well.

Insider2

@FredWeinberg said:
Die cracks are common,
and I agree with Insider2
that it's a struck-thru-
and it's struck thru a piece
of wood, probably from the
box the planchets came from.

This is also fairly common on the
CC dollars sold by the Treasury
back in the day.

I agree with Fred! I'm going to quote from the Van Allen, Mallis Encyclopedia of dollars.

Cleaning and annealing: "...they [planchets] were dried and brightened in a revolving riddle with sawdust."

These little particles of wood can often be seen as sandy colored chips into the surface of a struck coin that has not been dipped, cleaned, etc. As time goes by, this interesting artifact of the minting process will become more rare.

Here is another with part of it removed.

grip

Wow..A wood grain silver dollar.Move over Lincoln:)