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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah much like Yonatin I would really like to know what a WAM is and how to tell. I looked in the glossary but there is no listing for WAM, that I saw. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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WAM... Wide A M... in America on the reverse.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just do a search on this forum for WAM...plenty of posts,pictures,and explanations |
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 United States
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A WAM is a wide america. If you look at the reverse of the coin I found, the A and M in america are not touching. that is a Wide AM. normal '98, '99, and '00 pennies would have the A and M literally touching eachother. So if you find a 98, 99, or 00 that is not touching then save it, you have a WAM. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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By the way, what is the pricetag of a 1999 WAM, say in the same condition that this here '98 is in. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A raw example like this should bring at least $180 on ebay...I've seen them from 140-235 so I split the difference. The big factor being good pictures. Another thing I might mention is that there are some look-a-like WAM's...the A & M are not touching but it is because of worn or polished dies.Always look at the secondary marker...the FG and it's proximity to the capital. |
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United States
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I've only been doing this a couple months but this has been confusing me because I thought there were three varieties, a WAM, a CAM, and a normal one. But upon reading this thread I see that the CAM's are the normal ones even though they look weird(too close together) and the ones that look normal(the WAM's) are actually the rare ones.  I think I've got it now.  |
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United States
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scrapper, it all depends on the date.For general circulation coins 1993 is when they changed to a Close AM. I really don't like calling them CAM's or WAM's unless they are a variety simply because I'm seeing the term used on ebay to fool people into thinking something normal isn't.On 1992 look for a CAM, after that look for a WAM. The proofs are a different story.Lincolncentresource.com has some good info on these. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A 98 WAM is worth $10? These are fairly common, am I missing something? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree with murrellington...I see the nice MS coins bringing $10..circulated more like $3-$4
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Hey murrellington...GREAT FIND !!, the only varieties in the American zincs I look for are the WAM's, and find 1 to 7 for the 98's to 2000's, so on the "East Coast" and in New England you would have to find 7 more 2000's to find another 98. again great find  |
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Quote:Hey murrellington...GREAT FIND !, the only varieties in the American zincs I look for are the WAM's, and find 1 to 7 for the 98's to 2000's, so on the "East Coast" and in New England you would have to find 7 more 2000's to find another 98. again great find I find 98's quite frequently. 00's are a little be harder to find. Have yet to find a 99 and probably have searched a bit over 1k in cents. |
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Well...I have an equal amount of 98's and 00's...but only (1)99....which leads me to believe ther is no pattern except that the 99's are harder to find.
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