1999-S Lincoln Memorial Cent Close AM?

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drwho New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 04/19/2010 11:17 pm This is in my proof set. I tried forever to get a better picture. but this is the best I can do. The A & M are almost touching and there's more space between the M & E. Seems to match other pictures I've seen on the internet. Ima keep trying to get a better pic. edit. added pic. I had macro turn off on my cam, I feel like a goof haha Edited by drwho 04/19/2010 11:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 04/19/2010 11:32 pm Looks promising. Another diagnostic is the designer's initials. If you could get a better shot of that. This might help: http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/...1cOffers.htm Edited by Scooby Due 04/19/2010 11:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 04/19/2010 11:41 pm It looks pretty good to me. Those are pretty scarce - wait for a pro's confirmation, but that could be a very exciting find! Report this Post to the Staff
steve199 Pillar of the Community United States 1882 Posts	Posted 04/19/2010 11:59 pm That is a fantastic find! And to CCF Report this Post to the Staff
numismo Rest in Peace United States 3039 Posts	Posted 04/20/2010 12:33 am Looks good ! Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/20/2010 12:50 am I always thought the close-AM for 1999 and wide-AM for 2000 were supposed to be for proof coins, and they were mistakenly used as circulation strike dies. Is this correct? Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 04/20/2010 12:55 am The proof coin is a Close AM, that's the rare one on the proof coins. The proof is supposed to be a Wide AM.... The circulation strikes with the Wide AM are the ones struck by what should have been proof dies. So 1999S Close AM proof....scarce 1999 WideAM (proof die) circulation strike....scarce. Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 04/20/2010 08:42 am drwho First, welcome to the forum. Second, that is an amazing find, congrats. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 04/20/2010 10:45 am Very nice. Now you have to very carefully remove it from it's home and get it off to a TPG. Real careful like ! Hope for a PR69 Then get back out and find the 98-S That one is even scarcer. Report this Post to the Staff
razorear Pillar of the Community United States 613 Posts	Posted 04/20/2010 6:22 pm Superb find, congradulation. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 04/21/2010 09:13 am The 1999S in a proof set brings a $75 to $100 premium for the set. Graded, I think they bring more, but have seen very few of them sell. I believe a PR67DCAM will bring around $60, PR68DCAM runs somewhere around $150, and a PR69DCAM would bring $300 or so. These are scarce, but not rare. I have handled five of them, and for me to have five of them they cannot be rare. The 1998S is a completely different story. In the set they bring at least a $500-$600 premium. Graded they would bring moon money, from $1000 up. I would imagine a pristine PR69DCAM could bring upwards of $2000. They are rare, and I have handled one of them - it was the discovery set, I purchased it directly from the discoverer for $1200 shortly after its discovery. It's the one that was featured in Coin World when it was first discovered in Enid, Oklahoma back in 2005, I believe it was. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19930 Posts	Posted 04/21/2010 4:21 pm HUGE find! Congrats! As already stated, the 98-S is the big one. Check your 98 proof sets. I seek them out at every coin show I attend because 99.9% of dealers don't even know about them....they're easy to cherrypick! Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 04/22/2010 07:57 am are 1998S's clams the rare ones? Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 04/22/2010 09:18 am Yup, very rare. Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 04/22/2010 9:11 pm And it would look like this: The spots are on the lens or the way the light is reflecting on the coin. there is not a blemish on it. It will be graded soon. It should go at least Pr-69 DCAM Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 04/22/2010 9:29 pm Double WOW Report this Post to the Staff
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