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1972 Penny WAM Or Cam...?

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Hi guys
Should all 1972 penny's be WAM...?


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That chart is a little confusing. Not sure what is what
with the X's first off. Does not show anything also in the Lge./Sm. date areas. As far as I know all of those listed should be the WAM.
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Your chart is from a source that has no clue what they are talking about.

The whole " Wide AM" and " Close AM" thing starts with the design that made its debut in 1989, and the first known example of an incorrect reverse on a coin is 1992.

All known coins to date used only one reverse per year until 1992. So if you want to know what's normal for a 1972 cent, grab any one of them and look at it. What you will see is the normal 1972 reverse.
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Thanks coppercoins...
The NO clue chart was my feeble way of categorizing my American penny's from 1909 to date...
Ya, not a very good chart.

So my 1972 is normally a CAM..?...Thanks
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A 72 cent isn't going to be significantly different from, e.g. a 71. I don't think the term WAM or CAM should even be applied prior to 1989, and prior to 1959 it would have the wheat reverse instead of a memorial reverse, so it would make even less sense. If you want to categorize US cents by reverse design variety, you might want to look at this.
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Thanks for that great link CaptainFwiffo...Now I won't have to bother you guys and look stupid in front of everyone.

Thanks again.
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Just so you know there also can be difference spacing between the letters due to die wear/deterioration.
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Thanks Jayman931

I never took that into consideration.
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