WAM question?

i am having a hard time figuring out if i have one or not. some of the AM are not touching yet they are close together. do i have any?

 

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Pick yourself up a redbook it'll help you figure out what you have

 

Way too small a picture.

Find a 1991 cent, check out the AM... that's a wide AM. Then look for a similar thing on yours there.

 

thank you both for the advice

 

Have to wait for the next pass over by the Hubble.

 

Maybe this could be of help.

 

That does help . thanks d.t.

 

I know from experience that it is VERY hard to tell with the naked eye, so get yourself a high powered magnifying glass. That should help.

 

Uh, I have no problem, from experience, distinguishing between the two. I've found probably two dozen or more '98's and '00's, and two '99's. I can tell by the naked eye, but I usually use a loupe to confirm it later on. There's only been one or two times I thought I had a WAM and didn't.

 

It is all in the shape of the ' G ' in the initials of Frank Gasparro the designer of the memorial reverse. It must have a straight vertical leg with a horizontal serif or leg on it. The top of the 'G ' must not pass over the bottom leg. This is a pretty poor explanation so check this 'G ' out:
I have never found this ' G ' Oon a 198, 99,or 2000 without the A and M having a space between them. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html

zeke

 

again thank you all for the wonderful info . i have found 0 out of 7 rolls BUT i have 7 more to go lol

 

I've been through several hundred boxes and have a few to show for it... I'd say maybe one in ten boxes yields a WAM. They also seem to come in bunches, at least to me, so don't give up if you don't find one right away.

 

o i'm not giving up yet it has only been over a month since i started collecting and now my 8 and 10 year old daughters are in to it. Granted we are only into pocket change right now...maybe later we will be into buying coins.....for a good deal lol

 

Ive prob done 4 boxes and still havent found a WAM yet

 

Well maybe it's because I wear glasses lol.

 

So do I.

I've trained my eyes to identify a WAM pretty quickly, I guess.

 

this the closest i got put of 32 rolls of pennies lol but i am going to keep trying. i want at least 1

 

The 86th row down and 24th coin across looks like a WAM.

 

Howdytome, what years do those reverses belong to?

 

the one on the right is 1992 d and the left is a 1990 no mint mark