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I often scan the proofs and sets on ebay looking for varieties. Tonight, I spotted this--admittedly a fuzzy picture. What caught my eye was how close the "AM" was together. On the normal Wide AM proof, the spacing of "AME" is roughly equal. From what I can tell, the FG also juts out farther than I expect to see. Yeah--the pic is crummy, but just for fun...what do you see? Cast your vote now and I'll update when it arrives.   Edited by Thulium
02/21/2017 01:15 am
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You know what? You have me convinced. I've been going back and forth between your picture and the PCGS coinfacts page, and it's looking pretty good. I forget who told me about the placement of the A in STATES as a marker for close vs Wide AM (spruett maybe?), but yours looks good there too. How much was it? |
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Yeah..I don't usually bother when pictures are like this, but having found a few already...it looks to be worth taking a chance. It's in a clad quarter set for $8. But we'll see  |
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Are you able to flip them relatively easily, or are you stacking a roll of 1999-S CAM proofs?  I'm surprised that PCGS values them less than the 1999 WAM. You'll just have to hope to find a PR70 to join their Pop 1 $10,000 specimen! |
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I haven't sold any yet. The last one I found on ebay has a corrosion spot, so it's value isn't high. Still not complaining for $3 Edited by Thulium
02/21/2017 01:36 am
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WAMs and CAMs are easy to distinguish with the naked eye and even with the bad seller pic, it certainly looks like a Close AM. The placement of the A in STATES looks correct. I really can't make out the FG placement at all from the pic. If it does turn out to be one, then $8 is a steal! If it gets a PR70 then I'll be very jealous.  Druu, it probably wasn't me that mentioned that to you.  My guess would be cwb. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Thanks for your thoughts...we'll see when it arrives. |
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Yep ^^ good diagnostic pics! |
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Yes, I have also made my own diagnostic pictures from coins I own. Of course, the seller's pic has nowhere the detail, but how do you vote on this one?  Edited by Thulium
02/21/2017 1:27 pm
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Lousy picture but I think it has a fair chance.
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 It's about as bad an auction pic can get and still take that chance. Edited by Thulium
02/21/2017 2:54 pm
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Coop, I think the second image is mislabeled.
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Coop, I think the second image is mislabeled. Must be a typo--it's pretty clear what variety it is. Thanks for all the diagnostic pics...I'll know for sure when it arrives. For some commentary on these pictures--I find ALL CAPS a bit hard on the eyes; it's also the internet equivalent of shouting.  As one who designs engineering diagrams for the purpose of instruction, I find that distilling a diagram to the core components, while reducing visual clutter at all possible, gets the rest response from our viewers. --just my $.02 Edited by Thulium
02/22/2017 2:23 pm
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