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1996-P Wide AM- Revisited.

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Can anyone tell me the final outcome regarding this coin?

Supposedly it was found by Bill Crawford, then subsequently it was stolen from him, then there was a big controversy about whether it really ever existed etc, and now :

*The 2012 Red Book, which I just got in, has this coin listed on Page 120- 1996 Wide AM.

This coin legit or not?


Thanks for any info/insight on this.


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Haven't got my RB yet. What valus are given?
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Red Book error, there's been no documented/confirmed 1996 WAM discovered.
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fioti:

no value given, just a dash under MS65 grade.


BadThad:

This is what amazes me sometimes about coins in books.

Here you have a coin that may/may not exist listed, yet a legitimate doubled die like a real nice 1994P DDR-001 (like my avatar!) is not listed in the Red-Book!

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04/17/2011 1:30 pm
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apparently he brought it to a show, so people did observe it but it was stolen from him after the show along with some other coins
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If I remember correctly wasn't the reverse rotated causing some to believe it was a fake. Made like a Magicians coin?
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I have strong suspicions on this coin. Probably one created and not mint atruck. If there were more why hasn't anyone found more of them?
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