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Uncirculated 1935 Woody Cent? or some sort of environmental damage?

RinggyRinggy ✭✭
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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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    Steven59Steven59 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sure looks like "woody" - and a nice one at that!

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

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    VanHalenVanHalen ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wood grain from improper mix of alloyed metals.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin 🪙

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely a woody, though there may be a slight case of improper storage on top of that. Still a nice coin.

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    RinggyRinggy ✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    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

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    jesbrokenjesbroken ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it to be a very nice woody. Good pickup.
    Jim


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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Ringgy said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    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

    If it were mine I would give it an acetone rinse.

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    291fifth291fifth ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like an extreme example of a woody. It would make an excellent exhibit piece.

    All glory is fleeting.
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    RinggyRinggy ✭✭

    @jesbroken said:
    I think it to be a very nice woody. Good pickup.
    Jim

    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

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