Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KurtS, post: 566898, member: 11786&quot;]Huntsman, nice finds! :thumb:</p><p>Having found a 1999-S close AM proof myself, I&#039;ll paraphrase something John Wexler told me about this die variety. Based on his research, he suspects that as few as a single die pair involves the 99-S close AM proof. And, since proof dies are limited to runs of 3,000, that means a<b> far lower mintage</b> than possibly the business strike &#039;99 wide AM--even if <i>several</i> proof dies were involved. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have found two 1998-S close AM proofs and one 1999-S close AM proof, but no &#039;99 business strike wide AM. There could be a <i>simple explanation</i> for that, as the proof cents are concentrated within the collector community, while the &#039;99 wide AM business strikes are spread out amongst billions of circulating cents--where the majority remain to be found. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>--just my .03 (close AMs) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in