1993 Close AM Penny!

Btw top one is the Close AM

1993 Close AM is perfectly normal.

https://www.coincommunity.com/us_sm...oln_cent.asp

All 1993 cents should be the Close AM style. You should not compare coins of two different dates either. The mint updates and changes the die designs slightly every so often. The 1980 cent used reverse design RDV-004, and the 1993 used RDV-007.

The title says 1993, but the text says "*A 1980 to prove my point*".

In 1993 the reverse side design of both business strikes and proof coins transitioned from the Wide AM as normally found on 1992 and prior cents to a Close AM design. If that is a 1993 then its normal to be a Close AM as Bobby131313 already linked to. However a few 1992 cents were produced with the newer Close AM design of 1993 instead so heres what to do, keep it and every time you get a 1992 compare it to the 1993 you have to see if you can find the rare 1992 with 1993 Close AM reverse.

What is the point of this post?