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Forum memebers... If you are looking for either the 2000 wide AM or the 1998 wide AM. G.J Lawson is advertising circs for sale for a buck and buck fifty cents. He as a noted variety dealer and is the greatest guy to deal with. If you have not met him you should. Pick up the April 2008 Coinworld or Numismaic News look in the back under calssifieds Lincoln Cents for Lawson - Hampton VA.
That global is a beut. I like that slab, very nice.
I like the Global too! Very nice!
I average coming across the '98 Wide AM about one per $50 searching circulated rolls. The '00 is about $150 worth. Of course the '99 is a totally different story. So far I have come across 5 of them.
I talked with another collector in the northeast and it's the opposite for him. He finds the '00 more than the '98. But he can't find the '99.
The reason why the '99 is more difficult to locate is only four reverse dies are known so far. The '98 and '00 has been documented, so far, to have 18 and 20 reverse dies respectively. It appears the '98 and '00 was a full box of proof reverse dies mistakenly used on the production floor. However, the '99 Wide AM was discovered to actually be a carry-over on a quad press (hence the four dies) during the transition of the 1998 to 1999 production change-out.
... the '99 Wide AM was discovered to actually be a carry-over on a quad press (hence the four dies) during the transition of the 1998 to 1999 production change-out.
Billy
So the '99 wide AM's were the first cents out of the 5.2 billion to be struck of that year?
So the '99 wide AM's were the first cents out of the 5.2 billion to be struck of that year?
You are correct. Conversely, the 1998 Wide AMs were produced at the end of the production year.
Another major factor in why the 99 Wide AMs are rarer is that they didn't make a full production run with the obverse being dated 99. Part of that production run is with the obverse being dated 98. Also, one of the reverses has a significant die crack which probably ended that particular Wide AM reverse working die's life even sooner.
You are correct. Conversely, the 1998 Wide AMs were produced at the end of the production year.
Another major factor in why the 99 Wide AMs are rarer is that they didn't make a full production run with the obverse being dated 99. Part of that production run is with the obverse being dated 98. Also, one of the reverses has a significant die crack which probably ended that particular Wide AM reverse working die's life even sooner.
Billy
That is fascinating. Where else are you going to get this kind of information?
Unfortunately, here in SC I don't see very many D-Mint coins. So, no joy yet on the 92-D with reverse of '93. But, I can say that it's not from a lack of trying!
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