2001 Wide AM Penny

Yes, the FG is a very important marker that should not be ignored. I've seen various die states on non-Wide AM cents that could fool a new collector into thinking they have something they don't. I've made this mistake myself back when I first started collecting Wide-AM cents with a 1996 coin. Some of the members may remember that post.

Since then I have found about 4 2000 WAM's, 10 1998 WAM's, and 1 1999 WAM. I search boxes of cents and I also keep the coppers and any BU red zincoln cents I find. Particularly cents from the 80's and early 90's.

It would truly be an amazing find!

i do and continue to check all of those dates ! I will post other qustions w/ picks soon! thanks again

It wouldn't hurt to check all P years from 92 to 08. And I would check D mint coins from 92 to 96. Once you realize that they were created by a die that was intended to be used for proofs was mixed up and used to strike business strikes instead you could see that it could happen in ANY year (Through 1996 Philadelphia also made the dies for Denver so it is possible that a proof die could have gotten shipped there and used as well. At the moment none are know, but that doesn't mean they can't exist.



Aren't all the 93's (P,D, and S) Close AM's? I think a Wide AM would be the one to find. The 92's were Wide AM's, and the error coins are the Close AM's that were from 1993 hubs. In 1993 both the circulation and proof strikes were Close AM. from 94 on the business strikes were Close AM while the Proofs switched back to the Wide AM.