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Message:: [QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2447691, member: 36230"]If, by "wide AM", you're suggesting it could be one of the late 90's era coins, it would be incorrect. Take a look at the actual design, the obverse in particular, and you'll notice design changes that are subtle yet still fairly significant from what was used on later memorials. As an exercise  (perhaps for the OP if he wishes to do so) would be to take a cent from the early 60s (say 1962-63) and closely compare to one from later in the decade (say 1968 - one could also compare a 1968 to 1969 for additional changes). Take another from the early 70's and compare to one from the late. Another from, say, 1981 and compare it to the design used once the Zlincoln changeover was made. The design on mid 80's cents are different from those of the "WAM" years as well; one just has to look closely. By the 2000's Lincoln had become a caricature, barely resembling the original design; quite the disgrace actually. The first step in trying to identify the coin would be the cud; one this significant is likely known. However, if unable to do so, the design itself would be the next logical step, even if it doesn't nail down an exact date.[/QUOTE]