Like I said I am new to coin collecting I have read quite a bit on it. I never really had the time In the past to be able to start collecting coins I'm 62 years old I don't have 20 years to learn things before I get into the different aspects of the coin collecting. And I'm having a little bit of problem with two areas of coin collecting that being errors and grading And I've learned for me what works best is asking somebody who does know when I'm not understanding or comprehending something so I'm very sorry to bother anyone I guess I’m trying to learn in a more rapid way than someone usually would due to starting so late and having only so much time to learn the things that you guys have had a lifetime to learn. The reason I asked about the a.m. variety is because I was not sure and I did some research.
The site named www. Coinvaluechecker.com
Posted this
1986 Wide AM Penny Error
The wide AM error is unique to the Lincoln pennies. It refers to the space between the A and M in the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
In some pennies, the space is noticeably wide; in others, the two letters are unusually close. Changes in the die used in designing these coins are believed to have brought about these two variations.
Both wide and narrow AM pennies are a source of fascination among collectors, with many willing to pay as much as $260 for wide AM 1986 pennies in mint state.
This is the reason I called it an error instead of a variety and thought that the 86 pennies did have this variety. I just assumed since it was a site all about coins that they were giving me the right information
