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.
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.




















