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Moderator
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Soooo ... I'm a bit over 5 boxes into my cent roll searching .... and having a blast hunting for errors, varieties, copper, wheaties, etc. Not ready to give up on my nickel quest .... but do admit that cent roll searching is a fun diversion.  Pulled this well preserved 1998 WAM this morning ... #3 for me of the 1998 variety. I don't see any wear ... plenty of original mint luster ... some obvious bag strikes ... so I am going to call it MS63RB. Enjoy the photo ...  David |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats. I have searched well over 50 boxes and only found two of these.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4000 Posts |
Nice!  You're making it sound like it's easy! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
744 Posts |
Nice find........the only variety I look for in the Zincolns are the "WAMs"....congrats and good hunting
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice, I have searched tons of boxes and have not found 1 WAM. Living in TX we get mostly D mint coins. I wouldn't have any WAM's in my collection if it wasn't for the generosity of Scooby and Liveandievaritites! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Wow! 3 WAMs in 5 boxes! I have maybe 6-7 done and I only found 1 2000 WAM |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 United States
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Thanks for all the kind replies ... Keep in kind that I live on the Right Coast of the USA ... outside Baltimore, MD .... appx 80 miles south of the Philly mint. My statistics to date indicate that 89% of my Lincoln cents are Philly mint coins ... so in that regard I certainly have a much higher likelihood of finding the Philly varieties than someone living where Denver mint coins are prevalent. Not trying to bog you down with statistical mumbo-jumbo ... but the probability of finding one of these is determined by the the mintage ... and is the same wherever you live ... the likelihood of finding one is determined by the total number of Philly coins you see in your search ... and that is the advantage of living on the Right Coast. Soooo ... message to jokingjoker ... keep at it ... you will just need to search a lot more coins. Great fun so far with my cent searches! David |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and is the same wherever you live .. I don't buy into that theory...you would have to assume that varieties are distributed evenly and that just is not the case. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mainman750 has a point.....I find 5-2000 WAM's to 1-1998 WAM here in northern Vermont now....... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just south of Chicago and have found 20+ 1998 wams, 20+ 2000 wams, and 2 1999 wams. I'm a good drive from Philly! We're talking about 100's of boxes searched over the last couple of years, though! I think I got 5 total last month...4-1998 and 1-2000. I'll got a bunch of boxes at a time with no sign of one then I'll go and find one in like every other box. Just keep at it and you'll get lucky!
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Nice find, I think you are correct I am in Texas and have only found one 1998 WAM and it is not in all that great of shape. |
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