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1995 Penny Close Or Wide AM

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 Posted 09/23/2017  01:26 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Britton699 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I found this 1995 penny and to me it looks like a Close AM penny. Ive compared it to other pennies and you can definetly tell the difference but I would like to get some opinions on it. So please look carefully and let me know.
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It's a Close AM and normal for the date. The only varieties known to look for on business strike coins is:

1992-(P) & D Close AM (rarest)
1998-(P) Wide AM
1999-(P) Wide AM (more rare)
2000-(P) Wide AM

If you're looking at proofs, then these:

1998-S Close AM (more rare)
1999-S Close AM

No others are known to exist. I hope this helps.
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1992 was last year for Wide AM...starting in 1993 it is close. Exceptions are:
1992P/D "close AM, far FG
1993 P/D "wide AM, close FG(suspected, think only one D has been found, ultra rare)

In 1998-2000 on P mint ONLY! is the "wide AM, close FG" version the rarities!
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Quote:
1993 P/D "wide AM, close FG(suspected, think only one D has been found, ultra rare)


If I am remembering correctly, the supposed 1993 Wide AM was the one that someone found (at a show?) and then was subsequently "stolen" before it could be authenticated.

Or is that the story of another undiscovered variety? It's difficult to keep it all straight but, I do know that my post above is correct and accounted for.
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No I believe that was a 96. I'm not aware of a WAM 1993. It could be possible though if a 1992 reverse was left over and used the following year.
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http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis...ticleId=6075

I can not find any record of a 1993 WAM.
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