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How Do I Spot A WAM?

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 Posted 07/30/2012  6:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rocktowngal to your friends list
Here is one I posted for a 1998 WAM on July 21st

https://goccf.com/t/124653
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 Posted 07/30/2012  6:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maineman750 to your friends list
Look at the spacing of the A & M on a 1991 cent and use it for reference.
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 Posted 07/30/2012  6:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Indian1 to your friends list
I look at the FG. I'm lazy.
Don't have to move my eye/loupe up one notch when I turn over the coin.
I mean when I have my helper turn over the coin.



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 Posted 07/30/2012  8:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add brbpab94 to your friends list
are the WAM"s only in the 1998,1999, and 2000"S ?
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 Posted 07/30/2012  9:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maineman750 to your friends list

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are the WAM"s only in the 1998,1999, and 2000"


Those are the only business strike dates that have been verified..other than when a WAM was normal (before 1993)
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 Posted 07/30/2012  9:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add brbpab94 to your friends list
So they are all CAM"s after 1993 ?
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 Posted 07/30/2012  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DrDon to your friends list
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 Posted 07/30/2012  10:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add brbpab94 to your friends list
Thanks
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 Posted 07/31/2012  12:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BernieZ to your friends list
Wow I searched so many pennies and never found a single WAM. I can't do it anymore.
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 Posted 07/31/2012  10:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
The WAM's started on the 1959-1992 cents. So if you have one of these you have a WAM to compare to the 1998-2000 cents to see if it is one desired WAM's?
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 Posted 07/31/2012  1:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ammarabdulfattah to your friends list
So are there WAMs in 1998, 1999, and 2000 proof cents as well?
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 Posted 07/31/2012  1:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add numismo to your friends list
They are normal on those proof sets. There you need to find CAMs.
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 Posted 07/31/2012  1:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maineman750 to your friends list

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So are there WAMs in 1998, 1999, and 2000 proof cents as well?


The WAM was intended for proof cents on those years...check the link DrDon posted

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 Posted 07/31/2012  8:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hopper39 to your friends list

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Wow I searched so many pennies and never found a single WAM. I can't do it anymore.


Just as a data point, I've searched almost $900 in cents, found $15.51 in '98-'00s, and have found x4 '98 WAM and x2 '00 WAMs. I'm still looking for my first '99.
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 Posted 08/01/2012  03:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ninamason to your friends list
Whoa, thanks, Coop! It's my night in, I may whip out the loupe and creamer . . . then I can throw rejects in my canister.

ETA: I did as suggested and pulled out a 1980 I have that's in nice (read: not very toned and not blotched, therefore easy to see) condition and HOLY CRAP!! All this time I thought WAM was super-hard to see--once you know it's there, it jumps right out at you.
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08/01/2012 03:43 am
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