1999 wide AM (RDV-006)

[car10]

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]

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

[AgCollector]

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

[car10]

Here it is..

[Shingpumps]

http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1999_1c_Rev_Dies.htm

[car10]

Thanks for the info Shing.

[AgCollector]

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

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=23554

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.

[car10]

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.

[snowman]

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

[AgCollector]

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