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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 529332, member: 1242"]Ruben,</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not totally sure of all of the facts but if I make a wrong quote, hopefully someone will post a correction to the following! In 1998, 1999 and 2000, the Philidelphia Mint exhausted their' supply of Reverse Dies and apparently some Obverse Dies as well due to Die failures and could not meet their' production demands in those years. Therefore, they requested that the San Francisco return some Proof Reverse Dies and probably Obverse Dies as well, so that they could meet the production demands. Thus the 1998-P, 1999-P and 2000-P "Wide AM - Proof Reverse" Lincoln Cents were born! Now, due to this, the San Francisco Mint could not meet their' production demands in 1998 and 1999. They requested some Master Hub Dies from the Denver Mint in 1998 and either from the Denver Mint or Philidelphia Mint in 1999 which they used to complete their' production run. After the "D" Mintmark was removed, an "S" Mintmark was added to the Obverse Dies and the Obverse and Reverse Dies were highly polished to Proof specifications, the 1998-S "Close AM - Business Strike Reverse" Lincoln Cent was born. It has been reported that and some 1998-S Cents are said to bear the remnants of a "D" (ghost) Mintmark. The 1999-S "Close AM - Business Strike Reverse" Lincoln Cent was born in much the same way but I am not sure if it is clear whether the Dies came from Denver or Philly! It has long been theorized that 1996-S, 1997-S and 2000-S "Close AM" Cents and 1996-P and 1997-P "Wide AM" Cents may exist and now Billy Crawford has proved a portion of that theory when he found a 1996-P "Wide AM" Lincoln Cent last year. I have known about this new and very rare Variety since shortly after it's find by Mr. Crawford and was made aware of it by Ben. The news of it's find was significantly delayed to to Mr. Crawford suffering a heart attack. To make matters worse, Mr. Crawford was robbed of the coin as well as many other Variety and Error coins earlier this month after attending a Coin Show. Read the story at <a href="http://www.conecaonline.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.conecaonline.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.conecaonline.org</a> .... I sure hope that they find the thieves very soon and are able to return the coins to Mr. Crawford. Luckily, the 1982-P Small Date Copper "DDR# 1" Lincoln Cent in MS-65 Red that he Cherrypicked recently, was not on the list of stolen coins. This Variety coin alone is worth probably no less than $4,000 and I would not be surprised if it goes over $10,000 if an when it ever goes up for auction!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 529332, member: 1242"]Ruben, I am not totally sure of all of the facts but if I make a wrong quote, hopefully someone will post a correction to the following! In 1998, 1999 and 2000, the Philidelphia Mint exhausted their' supply of Reverse Dies and apparently some Obverse Dies as well due to Die failures and could not meet their' production demands in those years. Therefore, they requested that the San Francisco return some Proof Reverse Dies and probably Obverse Dies as well, so that they could meet the production demands. Thus the 1998-P, 1999-P and 2000-P "Wide AM - Proof Reverse" Lincoln Cents were born! Now, due to this, the San Francisco Mint could not meet their' production demands in 1998 and 1999. They requested some Master Hub Dies from the Denver Mint in 1998 and either from the Denver Mint or Philidelphia Mint in 1999 which they used to complete their' production run. After the "D" Mintmark was removed, an "S" Mintmark was added to the Obverse Dies and the Obverse and Reverse Dies were highly polished to Proof specifications, the 1998-S "Close AM - Business Strike Reverse" Lincoln Cent was born. It has been reported that and some 1998-S Cents are said to bear the remnants of a "D" (ghost) Mintmark. The 1999-S "Close AM - Business Strike Reverse" Lincoln Cent was born in much the same way but I am not sure if it is clear whether the Dies came from Denver or Philly! It has long been theorized that 1996-S, 1997-S and 2000-S "Close AM" Cents and 1996-P and 1997-P "Wide AM" Cents may exist and now Billy Crawford has proved a portion of that theory when he found a 1996-P "Wide AM" Lincoln Cent last year. I have known about this new and very rare Variety since shortly after it's find by Mr. Crawford and was made aware of it by Ben. The news of it's find was significantly delayed to to Mr. Crawford suffering a heart attack. To make matters worse, Mr. Crawford was robbed of the coin as well as many other Variety and Error coins earlier this month after attending a Coin Show. Read the story at [url]http://www.conecaonline.org[/url] .... I sure hope that they find the thieves very soon and are able to return the coins to Mr. Crawford. Luckily, the 1982-P Small Date Copper "DDR# 1" Lincoln Cent in MS-65 Red that he Cherrypicked recently, was not on the list of stolen coins. This Variety coin alone is worth probably no less than $4,000 and I would not be surprised if it goes over $10,000 if an when it ever goes up for auction! Frank[/QUOTE]
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