hello all! have been visiting this page for a while, and decided to join. I spend a lot of time searching rolls , and have had some great luck-indian head cents, v-nickles, silver, etc. I did come accross two wide am 1998 and wide am 2000 cents, after i became aware of these errors/varieties. The other day however, i found what I am 100 percent positive is a close am 92 d cent--the bases of the a and m touch, FG is farther and a bit higher from stairs, and no serif on base of g....compared to all photos online, and next to a regular ( wide) 92 d. pretty nice shape, some small blotches of discoloration, with redish hues on obverse ( lincoln's shoulder/bottom of bust). WHAT DO I DO NOW?! i will try to get some pics on here, but digital camera busted. I have never sent anything to get graded, but think i should? also, what is opinion on value? i will most likely look to sell.
okay---what a headache!!!i tried to come back and post some pics, couldnt log on, had to create whole new name and a new email because thought i knew pass word and tried to reset, but emails from this site wouldnt give me new password...anyway.. here are some pics. sorry it took me so long...yeah, i'm pretty sure it did happen...my eyes are pretty shot, but it looks like close AM to me. please let me know what u think.
crazy trying to get pics on here---let me know what you think. i believe i have attached 2 obverse, 1 reverse with close up of the close lettering, and one of close up of FG without serif and farther/higher than normal FG.
hello again--if anyone is interested, please look back at my original thread i started about finding a 1992 d close AM cent under name greg79. I finally was able to get some pictures on here using a digital camera and putting a small magnifying glass in front of lens.--after i was able to just plain log back on this site by creating a new username. But all good now....EAGER to see what everyone's opinion is.
OK, the two threads you started have now been merged into 1. And just so you know, our rules forbid users to have more than 1 user name. So don't do that again. Your first user name has been banned now, so make sure you remember the password for this one. Write it down.
my appologies--did not intend to break any rules; would really like to contribute to and learn from this site. thank you for merging the 2 threads.
it is my understanding that there are only a few of these known? 5- 8 from what i have been able to research--and worth a few dollars. any info , or ideas what i should do n( regarding questions from first post about getting graded)any opinion on grade from pics i provided? thanks for the congrats.
1992P close AM cents are the very very rare ones, going for tens of thousands of dollars, with the 1992D cents (what you have) being found more often, though they are still pretty rare (but there are definitely more than 8 known 1992D close AMs...I think there are a few dozen known). You could probably pull a few thousand from it if slabbed I would think.
Congrats on the find, I would say this is an AU example. Not sure if a TPG will ding you for corrosion or questionable color, they're not kind to these zinc cents.
