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<p>[QUOTE="Justawesome, post: 3577682, member: 90024"]So being relatively new I was unaware that <u>ALL</u> 1988 Lincoln Cents are Wide AM's (WAM). I was doing some hunting and as far as I knew the main diagnostic for this variety was the distance between the A and M on 'AMERICA' </p><p><br /></p><p>How does a new person research if an error for a certain years exists.. Check the price guides for the major known errors/varieties. </p><p><br /></p><p>After purchasing a few raw examples for what seemed like a good deal ($15 each) I was preparing to send them off to grading. As that can be costly i wanted to triple check that I had what i thought i had. So off to Lincoln Resource .com I go. </p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That's when my doubts started. No 1988 WAM. I went back to do more research. including searching CoinTalk previous threads related to this common confusion.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a long story short; i'm going to attach pics of 4 coins. If some of the experts can just confirm that the real factor to determine if the 1988 cent has the 89 reverse is the simple curve to the G on the initials FG. Mine seem to be straight vertical indicating a coin worth exactly one cent. The part that pisses me off is i don't think this was an unintentional error on the part of the person I purchased these from.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin pics are one coin. The last three pictures are of 3 different coins all purchased as 1988 WAMs.</p><p><br /></p><p>How I verified this variety was attributed. (Although now i think the naming convention is misleading.) </p><p>[ATTACH=full]954068[/ATTACH] </p><p>Image from CoinTalk in a previous thread:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]954069[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Purchases:</p><p>Coin 1</p><p>[ATTACH=full]954070[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]954071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]954072[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]954073[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]954074[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 3</p><p>[ATTACH=full]954075[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 4</p><p>[ATTACH=full]954076[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If i did my research correctly it looks like it got ripped off, correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you in advance for sharing your expertise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justawesome, post: 3577682, member: 90024"]So being relatively new I was unaware that [U]ALL[/U] 1988 Lincoln Cents are Wide AM's (WAM). I was doing some hunting and as far as I knew the main diagnostic for this variety was the distance between the A and M on 'AMERICA' How does a new person research if an error for a certain years exists.. Check the price guides for the major known errors/varieties. After purchasing a few raw examples for what seemed like a good deal ($15 each) I was preparing to send them off to grading. As that can be costly i wanted to triple check that I had what i thought i had. So off to Lincoln Resource .com I go. [URL]http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html[/URL] That's when my doubts started. No 1988 WAM. I went back to do more research. including searching CoinTalk previous threads related to this common confusion. To make a long story short; i'm going to attach pics of 4 coins. If some of the experts can just confirm that the real factor to determine if the 1988 cent has the 89 reverse is the simple curve to the G on the initials FG. Mine seem to be straight vertical indicating a coin worth exactly one cent. The part that pisses me off is i don't think this was an unintentional error on the part of the person I purchased these from. The first coin pics are one coin. The last three pictures are of 3 different coins all purchased as 1988 WAMs. How I verified this variety was attributed. (Although now i think the naming convention is misleading.) [ATTACH=full]954068[/ATTACH] Image from CoinTalk in a previous thread: [ATTACH=full]954069[/ATTACH] My Purchases: Coin 1 [ATTACH=full]954070[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]954071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]954072[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]954073[/ATTACH] Coin 2 [ATTACH=full]954074[/ATTACH] Coin 3 [ATTACH=full]954075[/ATTACH] Coin 4 [ATTACH=full]954076[/ATTACH] If i did my research correctly it looks like it got ripped off, correct? Thank you in advance for sharing your expertise.[/QUOTE]
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