I think that the coin stopped being felt because of the stedding. I don’t think the feeling would have left because the coin was given to someone else.
To be honest, I never caught any of that being him channeling when I read through. I just thought either ta'veren or he was just lucky. Except for the lightning part, that seemed kinda obvious to me.
I entirely agree that I think it’s that sometimes wolves are seen to be agents of the Shadow, kinda like rats and ravens. And there’s always the village-type belief of not liking wolves because they can threaten small villages or homesteads.
:cryI can just hear Rosamund Pike's voice in my head now, when reading Moiraine. Manetheren is probably one of my most favorite in-world stories, it's heartbreaking.