1993 wam wam wam

I didn't even notice the D. Oops.

 

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And have you compared to other cents of the same date?

No disrespect, but this is pretty much unintelligible. Short the obvious damage, and with the understanding it doesn't help things, I see nothing about your coin that suggests it's anything other than a perfectly normal cent for the date/mint.

 

It is normal Books. Also gang, quit worrying about the distance the FG is from the memorial base. I have no idea why that was ever listed as a pick up point. The difference is minuscule. The G of FG is where you should look. On the RDV-006 (wide AM), the G is a completely different font. The vertical bar of the G has a crossbar at the top and a tit at the bottom. on the RDV-007 (close AM), it's just a straight G. Compare the G of the 006 & 007 here.

http://varietyvista.com/01b LC Doubled Dies Vol 2/Memorial Reverse Design Varieties.htm

 

Indeed, and thanks for posting the link to independently confirm it.

Good to see you're still around.

 

Here's a better picture of that 93 wide a.m. I can't find any other pennies that compare this close a.m. to a wide am this Penny definitely looks like a wide am no matter how many times I look at close and wide and ask my friends who have no idea about pennies they all say in a comparison showing them to cents together that this is a wide am penny

 

I'm not sure what to say. You have been told be a couple pros here that is is a CAM.

I did notice you posted this to another forum I belong to and the pros there said the same thing.

It seems you don't want to believe us when we say it is a CAM. So my question is why ask the pro's on the web and then not be convinced when they give you their opinions.

I say go ahead and send it in. Maybe just maybe you will believe a TPG when they send it back saying it is a CAM.

 

I'm just curious what makes someone a pro at looking at pennies do they have to be like have a degree in Penny College or do they have to look at millions of pennies and be an apprentice for so many years to someone or is there some school you go to to be a pro I'm confused

 

The simple answer is experience. A lot of the members on these forums have been collecting and error searching for decades.

While there is no "School" to attend for this, experience makes up for that. Just like any job you may have, do it long enough and you are considered a pro even without going to college or trade schools.

 

Cool I. Still don't 100% trust there opions they are good to get but I always have to get a real coin grade grading company to verify because then they should be opening their own Coin Grading companies I've had a coin in PCGS now for almost 3 months and still isn't back to me so we need more Coin Grading companies so these guys should get together and open their own company LOL

 

Need more grading companies? Well there have been 155 of them, most of them are now defunct.

As for schools, well there is the school of hard knocks. Comes from being new thinking you have something and then being shot down by more experienced collectors. Eventually you learn to identify things better. Oh and the top TPG's are not always all that good on errors and varieties either.

 

No offense, Willy, but this is dumb. Unfortunately, it also shows the TPGs have done a fine job of making people think they're the end-all be-all, convincing you to waste YOUR money in the process. The dumbing down of this hobby as a whole is good for their bottom line!

 

At this point I think we should let this guy be dumb. After losing money here, losing money there, eventually he will realize.

 

I want to know how it was identified as a penny. Kinda resembles a swolt critter laying on the side of the road. Probably why the A M spread.

 

I will be laughing all the way to the bank

 

All right Tim, send it in. We'll wait for your return.
By the way it is a CAM a worn die and corroded.

 

There... I fixed it for you.

Seriously though; good luck, and do be sure to update us on the results. At the very least, please allow your experience possibly be of help to someone else.

 

Yes, please come back and show us the results from the TPG so we can all eat some crow.