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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Merc Crazy, post: 1192398, member: 27417&quot;]No, no, it&#039;s just a raw proof die that was used in business strike production.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t undergo the polishing and acid etching that proofs get.&nbsp; The difference is in the AM of AMERICA.&nbsp; On a &quot;Wide AM&quot; there is noticeable separation between the letters, while the &quot;Close AM&quot; variety shows little to no separation.&nbsp; The pics on the link I gave you show the difference nicely.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They switched from the WAM dies to the CAM dies for business strikes in 1993, so any coin dated 1993 and later with a Wide AM is a keeper.&nbsp; Same for Close AM&#039;s dated 1992 and earlier... although I only know of 1992&#039;s and nothing earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inversely, there are 1998 and 1999 proof cents displaying the Close AM, when they&#039;re supposed to be the Wide AM die.&nbsp; Those are worth about $200 last I looked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a couple links to the 1996 WAM thing.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/1996_cent_displays_Wide_AM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/1996_cent_displays_Wide_AM" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/1996_cent_displays_Wide_AM</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Featured/1996WideAM.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Featured/1996WideAM.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Featured/1996WideAM.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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