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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8249995, member: 24314"]These images should be all we need. In the case of the OP's coin, <span style="color: #b30000">it looks <b>wide</b></span> to me BECAUSE the distance between the "A" and "M" looks exactly the same as the distance between the "M" and "E." An image of the "FG" should confirm this.</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1959 to 1992 all business strike coins have a wide "AM" <b><i>EXCEPT</i></b> there is a <b><span style="color: #00b300">1992-P and 1992-D with a close "AM." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #00b300"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">All 1993 cents have a close "AM."</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">All 1994 to 2000 business strikes have a close "AM"<b><i> EXCEPT</i></b> there are </span><b><span style="color: #00b300">1998-P, 1999-P, and 200-P coins with a Wide "AM." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #00b300"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #00b300"><b>There is a transitional reverse on 1988-P and 1988-D cents with the </b></span><span style="color: #b30000"><b>USUAL</b></span> <span style="color: #b30000"><b>and NORMAL Wide "AM!"</b></span><span style="color: #00b300"><b> However, the "FG" on the valuable variety is in a different position than the normal 1988 cents. </b></span><span style="color: #000000">Until I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> learned <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the wide "AM" was normal for this date, I thought I had found over a roll of <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> valuable coins and was licking my chops thinking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> of what to buy for my lucky "windfall." </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8249995, member: 24314"]These images should be all we need. In the case of the OP's coin, [COLOR=#b30000]it looks [B]wide[/B][/COLOR] to me BECAUSE the distance between the "A" and "M" looks exactly the same as the distance between the "M" and "E." An image of the "FG" should confirm this. From 1959 to 1992 all business strike coins have a wide "AM" [B][I]EXCEPT[/I][/B] there is a [B][COLOR=#00b300]1992-P and 1992-D with a close "AM." :greedy::D [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000000]All 1993 cents have a close "AM." All 1994 to 2000 business strikes have a close "AM"[B][I] EXCEPT[/I][/B] there are [/COLOR][B][COLOR=#00b300]1998-P, 1999-P, and 200-P coins with a Wide "AM." :greedy::D [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#00b300][B]There is a transitional reverse on 1988-P and 1988-D cents with the [/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#b30000][B]USUAL[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#b30000][B]and NORMAL Wide "AM!"[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#00b300][B] However, the "FG" on the valuable variety is in a different position than the normal 1988 cents. [/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]Until I :bucktooth: :blackeye: learned :bookworm: the wide "AM" was normal for this date, I thought I had found over a roll of :greedy: valuable coins and was licking my chops thinking :joyful: of what to buy for my lucky "windfall." [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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