1999 D Wide AM Lincoln Penny

I was searching a bank roll and came across this penny here. I started not to check it because all of the weird coloring on it. I started to toss it in my piggy bank but something told me to check it. After I checked it, I discovered it was a Wide AM Penny.

 

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Colorful coin, lol. But yeah, it's wide as the Rio Grande, you got it.

 

Thanks! I like posting here. I've been looking and looking. What about the color on the coin? Is it best to let it stay like it is if I wanted to send it off to have it slabed?

 

Except WAM's are not possible in Denver in 1999, and if you look at the obverse of his coin it is a 1990 D not a 1999 D. And all 1990 D cents were WAM.

 

Good eye! Looks like a 99 to me. Thanks for letting me know. My bad.

 

You would be looking for 1998, 1999 & 2000 cents, for the wide AM all from Philadelphia, no mint mark. And the 1998S & 1999S proof cents for the close AM.

 

ok thanks

 

Even if it was a WAM.. That would be an awful looking Cent to get slabbed!
I think they would not even touch it!

 

And also, is the 1993 Close AM a rare coin?

 

I believe ALL of the 1993's P, D, and S are CAM's. So there you should look for a WAM struck using a leftover 1992 die. None are currently known.

 

Still a bit of a mystery coin for the most part.

 

I have a 1999 Lincoln Bicentenial, Professional Life, WAM, DD Face and Obverse. Who would I talk to about the value of this coin?

 

Check out www.doubleddie.com first to see if you can find a match. Otherwise we need to see some nice, closely cropped photos to be able to give any kind of reasonable feedback. Thanks. Tom

 

"1999" Lincoln "bicentennial"? Would this be commemorating what: the bicentennial of ten years before his birth, or...?

Seriously though, and the above aside, your wording suggests you would likely be wise to slow it down some.

 

I was assuming he meant 2009.

 

Of course he did, but I was also trying to make a point, so I ran with it...

 

DD Face and Obverse, huh, you got both? Why don't you try a comic book dealer, they deal in comedy.