PCGS 1988 D MS 64 RB wide am (reverse of 1989)..... THIS TIME... MINE!

[jfines69]

Nice pick... Hope it is as stated... Keep us updated!!!

[Maineman750]

but the letters "AM" themselves are somewhat questionable. (Just my 2 cents.)

George, can you educate us a little ? I have no idea what is different about the "AM" on the RDV-005 and 006. I could use some help, thanks.

[Roller]

George, can you educate us a little ? I have no idea what is different about the "AM" on the RDV-005 and 006. I could use some help, thanks.

LOL Roger, I think you re baiting me. Looking at my post I agree "themselves" is a bad choice of words for what I meant to say. I meant the distance between them. I know of no difference between the actual letters on 005 and 006.

[Maineman750]

LOL Roger, I think you re baiting me. Looking at my post I agree "themselves" is a bad choice of words for what I meant to say. I meant the distance between them. I know of no difference between the actual letters on 005 and 006.

Nope...I just thought I was out of the loop...especially since nobody else even batted an eye...but you're saying the distance between them is different ?

[amosamos16]

I know what we all know as a rev06 they call wide AM. I have absolutely no idea why. Maybe it's a generic term for transional dies. That's just a guess.

[amosamos16]

I actually called a buddy of mine and asked him. There's a difference in the AM of America. He said they are 06 is flat shelf like and 05 Is much more rounded . They are both wide am. So I checked mine sure enough he is right. It's more then just the FG. The Lettering is different. Check it out

[Maineman750]

Thanks Amosamos16....I thought I remembered something like that, but when I looked at coops comparison pics I really couldn't tell

[VAB2013]

Sometimes it's easier to see the tops of the AM than it is the FG, but then.... if you can't tell by the FG for sure, what's the use? Still not found one myself. But since the FG details are not very visible on many that I look at, I use the square or rounded tops of the AM to decide to toss it.

This enlarged photo of coop's has helped me see the difference of the AM better
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/I...OOP_HOR_01.jpg

[willbrooks]

Sorry to chime in, but I feel it important to add something here. The problem with using such diagnostics is that the appearance of (particularly) these peripheral devices can vary quite dramatically depending on striking pressure, the state of the die's deterioration, and especially the extent to which the field of the die was polished before the die was even put into service! It is very difficult to depend on such diagnostics until you are able to look at a coin and immediately say things like, "This coin was weakly struck by an EDS die that was overpolished," or "this coin was well struck by an LDS die with no over-polishing," etc.

[onecent1909]

got the coin in hand.....
I do not think it is a reverse of 89(WIDE AM)
I think PCGS went to fast, I think the G toke a hit on the bottom right edge, where the vertical bar goes down making look like that vertical bar did go down

I have pics of
a certified 88 P rev 89
a raw 88 D rev 89 (has environmental damage)
close up of FG from this coin
same pic of this coin with an outline of the G
same pic of this coin with would I think happened