1988 Wide AM 1 1

[bobbyboshay]

Edited August 2, 2023 by bobbyboshay

[Greenstang]

This is the Registry Forum, I have asked that it be moved to the proper forum.

Do you have a question on your Lincoln cent? There was no Wide or Close AM in 1988, they are all the same.  
It is a nice looking cent though.

[Hoghead515]

All the reverses are wide AM until 1993. Thats when they changed to the close AM reverse. 

[VKurtB]

 There are at least 3 azzclowns trying to get four-figure prices on eBay for wide AM 1988 cents. Pure crooks. eBay has become a cesspool of crooked sellers. They pop up, get caught, assume another identity and repeat.

Edited August 2, 2023 by VKurtB

[Greenstang]

There is no such thing as a 1988 WAM, as stated previously, they are all the same with nothing to compare it to.  
It was not until the CAM came out in 1993 that they started calling it a WAM to have some way of telling the two varieties.  
Before then it was just the ordinary spacing with no special designation.

 

Edited August 3, 2023 by Greenstang
Correct error

[powermad5000]

On 8/2/2023 at 11:20 AM, Greenstang said:

There is no such thing as a 1988 WAM, as stated previously, they are all the same with nothing to compare it to.  
It was not until the CAM came out in 1993 that they started calling it a WAM to have some way of telling the two varieties.  
Before then it was just the ordinary spacing with special designation.

BAM! 

[Conder101]

Blame PCGS for the 1988 WAM confusion.  When they certify a 1988 with the reverse hub of 89 (I forget the verity number) for some reason they put WAM on the label.  This gets people thinking that the "Wide AM" is what makes it valuable and they go looking for 1988 cents with the Wide AM which of course they find since EVERY 1988 cent has a Wide AM.

[EagleRJO]

It was an FS-901 variety with the 89 reverse hub that PCGS labeled as Wide AM on the slab, and the attached is one of maybe four described as "Wide AM" on the slab before they changed the description.

Now it is referred to as a "Flared G" to avoid confusion, even on the cert for those coins that have "Wide AM" on the label ... https://www.pcgs.com/cert/84243496

[Greenstang]

Glad they finally got around to changing the description, it should cause less confusion. 
although I suspect some sellers will still be trying to sell them as a rare 1988 WAM

[EagleRJO]

On 8/9/2023 at 9:18 AM, Greenstang said:

I suspect some sellers will still be trying to sell them as a rare 1988 WAM

Gee, ya think someone on ebay might stoop to that level.