1988 D Wide AM penny

Is there an easy way to tell if you have a Wide AM 1988 penny? I’m confused because I thought they were supposed to have the Wide AM??? WHY IS ALL THIS SOOOOOOO CONFUSING??!!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYY???!!!!

 

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Hmmm. No , Nada. Error pages.

 

maybe because your looking at the wrong date?
1. 1992 Close AM - extremely rare
2. 1992 D Close AM
3. 1998 S Close AM
4. 1999 S Close AM
5. 1999 Wide AM
6. 1998 Wide AM
7. 2000 Wide AM - least rare

 

Three dies were used .
http://varietyvista.com/01b LC Doubled Dies Vol 2/1988DRDV0061.htm

 

You forgot about the 1988 and 1988-D, ones ...

 

Yes they call it a wide AM. But the only thing different about the reverse is the size of the FG. This is a transitional reverse not a WAM.

 

ohh boy, wide this, close that. What the F&G is going on ?

 

According to variety vista there's 7 identifiable dies by markers for 1988P and 3 for 1988D
1988 1c RDV-006, Die 1 of 7
1988-D 1c RDV-006, Die 1 of 3

1988's FG is supposed to look like the below which is RDV-005:


the variety has the reverse of RDV-006 that was meant for the 1989 reverse and looks like the below:

Note the G is "flared" compared to RDV-005.
This G is what you should be looking at to identify the 1988 RDV-006.



As far as the AM goes on these it's imperceptible to identify it there and a bad way to identify it in general. the lettering is slightly sharper, but they both have the same gap really.
RDV-005


RDV-006


Hope this helps to clarify the situation, there is no 1988 wide AM because they all are wide AM, HOWEVER, there is a "flared G" 1988 variety in both P and D mints, which is the reverse die (RDV-006) that was supposed to be used for 1989 cents.

 

It does help! I was just searching through the PCGS app and came across this!!! Just left me feeling more confused!!

 

Fakes Newwwwwwssssss!
Lol. I can't fix pcgs. It should be called "1988D FS-901" or "rev. Of 1989" or "RDV-006".
They've had it like that for a really long time but as I've said both RDV-005 and RDV-006 have a wide AM. The G in FG is the easiest means of identifying it.

It's confusing because they made it confusing and been labeling it wrong for at least 6 years now, perpetuating the confusion because that's how they did the label for it and they sold some so now they want to keep it that way.

 

Now I'm dizzy . Back to work

 

Actually even PCGS has the 1988-D wide AM, as the only error variety recognized by PCGS themselves.

 

88 D is not recognized for the wide AM as both 88 and 89 are wide AM's the transitional variety has to do with the FG.