1996 wide am Lincoln penny
Mrblaze
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I need a lil bit if Feedback on this penny I heard that only one was ever found but was stolen I recently found this one
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Doesn't look like a wide AM to me.
Yea I’m not to sure the a and the m are not touching and the letters seem to be perfect like no die break or anything
I'm thinking not ... what do you think?
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Not a wide AM
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That is not a wide AM....Good pictures, that clearly shows it is not....Good luck in your search. Cheers, RickO
The whole 1996 wide AM story is malarkey. It doesn't exist.
Unfortunately, for an otherwise very respected Lincoln cent variety guy, the finder had a "momentary lapse of reason" (made a mistake) and compounded that with an outlandish story of someone...wait for it...stealing his cent before any other pair of human eyes could verify his discovery.
Sound legit?
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Agree. But I sheepishly admit that I still check any 1996 cents I get in change.
Glad I never read the story or the tale. Think of the time I would have wasted turning over every 1996 and then grabbing the loupe to confirm. 2,500 coins per box times hundreds of boxes divided by how many were 1996 times 30 seconds each.
I no longer turn over 98, 99, or 2000's either unless there high quality. 88's sometimes and 92's always.
Nothing wrong with looking at a 1996 cent. Discoveries happen all the time!
And, by the way, there is a really nice ddo for the date.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Oh Crud, my luck I probably missed one by now. I just saw the listing on Coinfacts but no pic. I'll check the other sites then my collection to see if I could get so lucky.
Thanks for the tip!
Close AM. I wish you found a Wide AM! That would have been wonderfully cool!
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Me three.
Pete
Nice pics.
Pete
First of all, you don't know how excited you got me when first seeing your thread! Man-n, I really thought someone had finally found one! Oh well, the hunt continues... About what CoinscratchFever said about not even searching any 98,99, or 2000's either unless high quality. The 1999, even in lower grades, still profitable. The 92's, any condition!
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.The Wide AMs were rare, with the possible exception of the 2000, and loads of fun to look for. There was always the tantalizing search for the "possible" Wide AMs from '93 through '97 as well. (I thought I found one in a B&M junk box. Coin World fame danced in my head, until I noted that the coin's date had been mislabeled on the flip
The prices on these have really tumbled in recent years, though, even on the 1992 Close AMs.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
I was excited too because I have never found one. I read somewhere the wide am 2000's were worth about $20 but that the 98's garnered more.
Yes, 2000 was the least valuable, 98 worth a tad more but the 99. That's the Big one! $$$
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Just a heads up on the style of the designers mark regarding the close and wide...It's not always true to form.
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I believe your coin is a fake.
HUH ?
Found this 1996 Lincoln Cent Wide AM
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create your own new thread, rather than replying to some very old one...
here is the image, for those too lazy or prudent to follow the link
That's just a normal close AM reverse with some black gunk (and perhaps a bit of die erosion) making the "A" and "M" look farther apart.
The other pickup points confirm that it is a close AM (e.g, the "FG" initials and the positioning of the "A" and "T" in "STATES".
You can start your own thread but it's not a WAM - just a spender
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
I don't look at cents from any year for "AM" differences.Not that they're not cool. I've just got my hands full looking for a 1983 bronze.Don't know if 1983-D bronze is supposed to exist but I weigh all 1983 pennies that I find anyway.
OP,great pictures.
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