Wide AM or Close AM. Which is it?
joeykoins
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Can you please give me your opinion? I am purposely leaving out the picture of the FG initials. Thanks guy's 
"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.Wide AM or Close AM. Which is it?
This is a public poll: others will see what you voted for.
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Close AM. Compare the A M space to the M E space. Equal space means "wide."
It will happen suddenly
OK, good point. Good demonstration. Thanks. It's just that those two letters (A M) sure do seem to be quite apart?
Here's mine and then a normal one.
Sure would have been nice. Lol. Thanks for playing along, guy's.
"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.Medium AM
Let's see the FG
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Yeah, I guess the cent is just worn? The FG does show the "Close AM" pattern. I didn't want to show because the AM still appeared apart. Lol.
"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.What @derryb said.
Check this other 1996d out.
"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.All signs point to close.
And I too don't go by the FG, although if in a debate, that could come in handy.
Good Boy, Good Boy.
Close
Close. Look at the M and E, the distance should have equal spacing similar to the A and M
These three are all 1996d's
"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.Clearly a close AM. Forget about the size of the gap between the A and the M, that can vary due to strike pressure and die wear. If the M is centered between the A and the E it is wide, if it is closer to the A then it is close. The FG is also a dead give away.
Is there such a thing as a 'wide/close AM?'....
Cheers, RickO
FYI-The "Wide AM" 1996-D cent was debunked a long time ago. Doesn't mean there isn't one out there, but none have ever been verified.
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Soon , maybe or when I can get this place cleaned up and in order to be blunt, I'll jump into those errors.
Prognosese:
The FG style according to any ones guess's ( I Think or guess ), is all over the place at a approx. 1500 coin views.
That endeavor seems to be somewhat of a filibuster in my research of other areas.
My thoughts, don't trust the monogram.
Keep in mind that as the die is polished the gap will widen. The letters are tapered as they rise off the field of the coin, so as the die is polished and the height (off the surface if the coin) is reduced, the letters will be slightly thinner and farther spaced.
In this scenario, a Close AM is still close, but the spacing might be slightly different that on a coin struck from newer dies.
On the widest of your three examples the left leg of the M looks thinner.