Close AM or Wide AM

Is this close or wide AM?

 

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can't really tell with that pic and would also have to know the year (they vary a bit) but looking at that there is a clear gap between the a and m so would say wide am

 

here is a 2000 p Wide AM not the big prize some of the others are but I enjoyed finding it you can see a clear gap between the a and the m on a close am they are all but touching

 

Meow thinks that the gap does vary a little depending on the year. But in this case Meow would say wide. But does that even matter in this particular year of coin? Meow recalls that 1992 p and d CAM is good, and in 1998,1999, and 2000Ps WAM is good.

 

Meow has managed to only find one of those too. Just to find a P mint 2000 penny of any kind is difficult where Meow lives.

 

Here's a real good depiction

 

It's def. wide .

 

If it’s wide I hit the jackpot

 

It’s a 1996-d

 

I just don’t believe it

 

Meow did not know there even was a variation for the 1996d.

 

Believe what ? Here's the more common 1996D :

 

The more rare is the Wide AM https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/5681/small-cents/lincoln-memorial-cent/1996-P/wide-am/

 

Looks like a big winner then. Meow did not even know about this variation. Now Meow knows of new prey for CRH.

 

I wasn't sure either

 

I don’t think it’s a wam.... too hard to tell from the FG.

 

That is a wide . Why no picture of whole coin obverse and reverse ?

 

This needs to get accredited by one of the major variety sites before it is a recognized variety.
I do see the difference, but cannot find a reference for it, and coin book is not gonna do it for me.
get it verrified by Variety vista, Doubleddie. Coppercoins and you may have something.

 

Not as wide as the Missouri River, but wide enough. When there's obvious separation, it's wide.