Congrats on the 98 WAM! I think you mean you need to find the 99 and 00 WAM's. If you find a 96 WAM, it would be the first one found.....good luck with that!
Back in 98 I put 5 or six of these (from a roll) cents in holders just to see how they would hold up...I still have them.. so help me with a "WAM" I will check and see when I get home today if thats what they are... RickieB
Thanks for the congrats... I have the 1998 and the 2000 WAM. I took the following out of the 2nd edition of Strike It Rich With Pocket Change. "The "wide AM" on the 1996 Lincoln cent was discovered in pocket change just before the printing of the 2nd Edition of Strike It Rich with Pocket Change by coin expert Billy G. Crawford while searching circulated coins. The authors have not personally seen the coin but do believe it to be a valid discovery". Must be very rare like the 92.
The 1996 was a hoax IMO. I could see what looked like a seam around the obverse in the photos of it. It was conveniently stolen before it could be slabbed.
I just checked... the cents I put away were 1990s (6) of them..they were from a brand new roll and they sure look nice..too bad they are worthless..LOL I also found in the coin box (what remains of it) a Nice Rainbow toned 1950 Proof Lincoln..a 1953 Proof Lincoln and Minor Offset Maine state Qtr a 1961 Red/Purple Washing Proof Qtr (a beauty).. Have not looked in this box for years now... LOL RickieB
Thank's for the info CashDude. Where did you see a photo of the 1996 WAM? I would sure like to see it too. I took the info from the book (I stated above). I wonder if Brian Allen and Ken Potter knows of this? I will e-mail Ken tonight of this.
The AM in America on the reverse of LMCs is either very close or touching (close AM) or seperated (wide AM) depending upon the year and whether it is a business strike or proof. When the one that's not supposed to be there is there, it's a mild or great rarity.
