1999 wide AM (RDV-006)

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  • car10
    • Jul 2025

    #1

    1999 wide AM (RDV-006)

    The drought is finally over. I found a '99 wide am this morning. AU-53. I tried to post a photo but it said "this is not a valid image file" and now I'm recharging my camera batteries. I'll try again later.
  • Shingpumps

    #2
    Congrats, It's been a while for me. I would like to see which die it is.

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    • AgCollector

      #3
      Good job! Shingpumps, I read they were all from the same die, which made them so scarce. Have you found otherwise?

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      • car10

        #4
        Obverse photo.

        Here it is..
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        • Shingpumps

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          • car10

            #6
            Thanks for the info Shing.

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            • AgCollector

              #7
              Dies

              If you look at this thread and scroll down to the first post by coppercoins



              he states that "There is but one die known for all the 1999 wide AM cents discovered to date".

              Now, he doesn't back that up with anything but I would take Chuck Daugherty's word over Ken Potter's about the subject.

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              • car10

                #8
                Thanks for that info John. Chuck's post in that thread is interesting.
                In my experience, after searching roughly 600,000 cents I have found only three 1999 wide AM's to date. That gives you a rough idea of how scarce they are.

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                • snowman
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                  • Dec 2007
                  • 494

                  #9
                  Nice find David and the odds of your finding one

                  i found one in about my 50,000 search so i guess i'm ahead of the average. i thought i read from a forum chat once that one could be found in about 50,000 pennies but that was a couple years ago. as time marches on the average will get higher

                  i thought another die was discovered for the 99 wide am from Billy C. ill try and check on this or if anyone had heard this before

                  Snowman

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                  • AgCollector

                    #10
                    Wow, I'm way below average with only one found in 800,000 cents! Unfortunate!

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                    • car10

                      #11
                      Originally posted by AgCollector
                      Wow, I'm way below average with only one found in 800,000 cents! Unfortunate!
                      True, unfortunate on that count but fortunate in finding FOUR 1988/9 RDV-006 transitionals. You win some, you lose some I guess.

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                      • AgCollector

                        #12
                        Originally posted by car10
                        True, unfortunate on that count but fortunate in finding FOUR 1988/9 RDV-006 transitionals. You win some, you lose some I guess.
                        Eh, make that 5 after tonight! Photos soon.

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                        • Shingpumps

                          #13
                          I did the count on finding 1992D close ams. It's 2 out of 2,920,000

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                          • AgCollector

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Shingpumps
                            I did the count on finding 1992D close ams. It's 2 out of 2,920,000
                            Ok, now I am really, really impressed! How long has that many taken you?

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                            • Shingpumps

                              #15
                              About two years. I couldn't walk for a couple months after I broke my hip and back, So I started looking through pennies.

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