Uncirculated 1935 Woody Cent? or some sort of environmental damage?
Ringgy
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I came across this coin and can't really understand what happened to cause this. What are your thoughts? Thanks
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Sure looks like "woody" - and a nice one at that!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Wood grain from improper mix of alloyed metals.
Nice coin 🪙
Definitely a woody, though there may be a slight case of improper storage on top of that. Still a nice coin.
I think I see what you see, there is an off white granular substance collected in some of the letters and the date, I never noticed that until now, would soaking in acetone or maybe soap and water? I don't want to damage it in any way
I think it to be a very nice woody. Good pickup.
Jim
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If it were mine I would give it an acetone rinse.
It looks like an extreme example of a woody. It would make an excellent exhibit piece.
Thanks Jim, I was very lucky to have found it amongst a extremely large collection that I purchased, as it was in a tube of cents dated 1935, I can only give credit to my friends father who originally added it to his collection, he once ran vending machines for a living from the 30's or 40's to the 70's, so some kid probably got a gumball with it back in 1935