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ramjethero Pillar of the Community United States 663 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 11:59 pm Found this one today. There is enough space between the A and M to make me do a double take. I think it is from excessive die wear. Since the 1955 DDO has a "Poor Mans DDO" I thought I would list this as a "Poor Mans WAM". Write it up as Very Rare, float it on the Bay, put an outrageous price on it and see if I could get a Sucker to take the bait. Nah, I already can't sleep tonight. If I did that I wouldn't be able to sleep for months. Report this Post to the Staff

tropicalbats Pillar of the Community United States 6116 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 12:53 am Yeah, looks like loss of detail due to either die wear or polishing as that FG looks like a Close AM reverse. Nice example for future reference. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 04:27 am Not a WAM. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 05:46 am There are only two choices. The mint only created two designs. As bats mentioned, the polishing of the fields removes the wider parts of the devices. Thus widening that space between the two two devices. But the location choices are centered or to the left for the 'M' between the AME area. No amount of polishing will ever move the'M' to the center. So it will always be a close'AM'. Report this Post to the Staff
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