I found this today in a roll of pennys, i looks very close to me, let me know what you think and if "yes" how much is the value? Thanks!
Hey! Welcome to the forum! on the close AM they pretty much touch each other at the bottom. Good photo though! Maybe one of the others can link you to a pic of a close AM.... I will try to find one..http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Featured/1992DcloseAM.html
http://conecaonline.org/image/1992_1cCloseAmKieBrownSpecimenAM500W.jpg this is a very similar one to mine and it doesnt look so close either but they sold it. what do u think?
keep looking though! read similar threads on the whole AM subject... theres good info on what can be a confusing thing to look for.
On the close AM cent the A and M are closer they do not touch. Check it against an early 1990's cent or late 1980's. In 1993 there was a change to dies so not a good date range to check with. Best I can do I do not collect so called error coins but hope this helps. Source(s): 49 years a numismatist, Red Book A Guide to U.S. Coins.
Maybe not technically "errors," although they were struck using proof dies and therefore were minted "in error" if I'm not mistaken
True, but that doesn't make them errors. Errors are one-off pieces. IE; Strike-throughs, laminations, off-metal errors, clipped planchets, etc.
Again... you're using the technical definition of an error... you could still call these errors because they were made... in error. I think you're excessively criticizing yanyo's statement... I'm sure he realizes it's not a minting press error but rather an anomalous variety that came about as a result of a proof die being used. I would say in a casual context (which I believe yanyo was speaking in), these can be referred to as "so-called errors"without any correction But back on topic this is most definitely a wide AM, I could tell before I zoomed in, but it's good OP is figuring out how to distinguish between these subtle varieties for the future!
Yanyos cent is not a WAM. It is just a normal 1992 LMC circulation cent from the Philadelpia Mint. All LMC's made for circulation have non touching A's and M's in AMERICA from 1959 to 1992 with the exception of the very rare 1992 CAM. From 1993 to date all Lincoln cents are supposed to have touching A's and M's. But as we all know in 1998, 1999, and 2000 WAM's were minted in the Phidelphia Mint by mistake.
1992 p am close penny found ! 2/22/2011 $10,000 coin ? OK....saw this board.....my father found this coin by buying rolls from the bank. so far he has found numerous error pennies or die errors etc. he has found a Double Die Lincoln....don't know year but it lists for $500 in MS Grade. Yesterday he found a 1992 Philadelphia AM CLOSE LINCOLN PENNY. As you can see in the pictures the AM is close and the DG marks are away from the monument building etc. I read a article from 2009 and only 2 so far were found... if there hasn't been anymore found this will be the 3rd one found. Its one of the scarciest pennies around and we plan on sending it to get cleaned & graded. let me know what u think..... I made the pictures the best I can.
Your photos are too blurry to see anything. I saw saw where hundreds of folks have told me they had found a close AM 1992 cent and when looked at they were always the normal wide A M . the differences in the distance between the bottom part of the wide or narrow AM determines what it is. a close am looks loke this at the bottom [ AM ] a wide am looks like this at the bottom [ A M ] on the narrow AM the bottom of the letters are almost touching each other. on some of the reverses for the 1992 cent the A and M are naturally a little closer than normal but still are not the real narrow AM cent. also post mint damage can push the letters together since copper is soft and will move around when pushed like play dough.
The link you posted here is definately of a real close AM cent. Note how the bottom legs of the A and M are almost rubbing against each other with no open space between them at all.
