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d afternoon, was wondering if I could get some feedback on this coin ? Thanks for your time in advance!!

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    if AM is close, FG must be far. look at PCGS CoinFacts images for close vs wide AM and report back. :)

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is not it. For the reasons stated above.
    The 1992 Close AM seems to be the new 1969-s doubled die. Everyone thinks they have one. Except they don't.
    Keep looking!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One more vote for 'keep searching'.... Check online resources such as @LanceNewmanOCC suggested above. Cheers, RickO

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,130 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Note the 3 major diagnostics for this variety of 1992 D Close AM Lincoln Cent.
    1-Obviously the A and M are closer than normally found
    2-The M is a little lower than the A
    3-The FG initials are further away from the base of the Memorial
    All of these can be found by merely comparing your coin to the photos that PCGS provides in CoinFacts which is free.
    Good luck
    Jim


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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,720 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not it, get it all the time in the shop, along with several other varities folks thinking they have the big one

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,855 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One thing that always comes to mind with these is that close AM dies which have been heavily polished may show a wider spacing than fresh dies.

    So, the FG spacing is also an important indicator.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 9, 2022 7:30AM

    @JBK said:
    One thing that always comes to mind with these is that close AM dies which have been heavily polished may show a wider spacing than fresh dies.

    So, the FG spacing is also an important indicator.

    I agree and feel that the FG spacing is a much easier and more reliable diagnostic.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • FrazFraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DCW said: …
    The 1992 Close AM seems to be the new 1969-s doubled die.

    I see them now:
    Rare—Broke Dick 1992 Close AM 125.00 or best offer.

  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 9, 2022 8:38AM

    I looked at so, so, so many of these back in the day.

    I am still convinced there is a third reverse... some of those were "tweeners" when it came to wide/close determination.

    My memory has faded, but pretty sure none were specific to 1992, but across all the other suspect dates.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,855 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @yspsales said:

    I am still convinced there is a third reverse... some of those were "tweeners" when it came to wide/close determination.

    That would be due to the aforementioned die polishing. ;)

  • yspsalesyspsales Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @yspsales said:

    I am still convinced there is a third reverse... some of those were "tweeners" when it came to wide/close determination.

    That would be due to the aforementioned die polishing. ;)

    Never knew die polishing could spread the letters?

    Then there should be PUP's beyond the ones mentioned.

    I trust your expertise, just need some more convincing.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,855 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @yspsales said:

    @JBK said:

    @yspsales said:

    I am still convinced there is a third reverse... some of those were "tweeners" when it came to wide/close determination.

    That would be due to the aforementioned die polishing. ;)

    Never knew die polishing could spread the letters?

    Then there should be PUP's beyond the ones mentioned.

    I trust your expertise, just need some more convincing.

    If you think of the letters as they rise off the field of the coin, they are wider at the base (closest to the field of the coin). The letters do not rise up from the surface of the coin straight up - they are slightly tapered.

    When the die surface is polished enough, it starts to remove the highest point of the die, which is the lowest point of the struck design. So, the letters' taper starts at a higher point, making the letters appear farther apart.

    As mentioned in a few posts above, the designer's initials FG are another indicator of the wide/close dies.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Check these out:


    Pete

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