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hemi1500 Valued Member United States 117 Posts	Posted 12/27/2007 4:55 pm its a 2000, Perhaps it might be a Close AM http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7361350 http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=7361349 Report this Post to the Staff

ndgoflo Pillar of the Community United States 626 Posts	Posted 12/27/2007 5:53 pm Sorry, Close AM. With the Wide AM, the space between the A and M is very definite. Similar to the spacing between the E and R. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 12/27/2007 6:21 pm I concur. Report this Post to the Staff
MountainXBGL Valued Member United States 140 Posts	Posted 12/27/2007 7:37 pm In my many years of experience(moves left to avoid the eminent lightning bolt), the best indicator of the "spacing" is the artist's initials...Its a bunch easier to discriminate "wide gap" or "close gap" when you also look at these initials.....On a close gap coin, the initials are farther away from the Memorial while on a wide gap coin, the initials are much closer. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 12/28/2007 10:00 am MountainXBGL actually has a point. The differences are all over the design, not just with the AM. Pull out any cent from 1990-1992 and compare it with any cent from 1993-1997 and you'll have your examples of the two different reverses. Don't only look at the AM, but look also at the spacing of the letters in STATES, the designer's initials, the steps of the building...you'll see big differences in all those areas. This is not just a case of die polishing making the letters split apart, it is actually two completely different yet very similar designs. In the case above, you're just looking too hard for a split. Get a 1990-1992 cent and compare this one with the older one you pull out. You should immediately see that this coin isn't a Wide AM. Report this Post to the Staff
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