2005P-Lincoln cent showing wide AM on reverse

[ALAMEDA321]

Hi! My name is scott. I need you to take a look at this coin for me.This coin seems to have a wide AM on reverse. or maybe it is not genuine. I think the pictures are not clear due lighting problem.

[diamond]

It sure looks like a wide AM to me. But I'll let our variety experts weigh in.

[JamesWiles]

I'll need to see more and better photos. The ridge above the AM disturbs me. It could be a magician's coin. Check to see if the halves will come apart.

[diamond]

Good observation, James. It does look like there's a narrow fissure separating the design rim from a narrow ridge internal to the fissure. It's certainly possible that someone tried to fake a wide AM variety by fitting the reverse of a coin in which this design is common or normal into a more recent cent. In other words, the same technique used to make a magician's coin. Alameda321 should weigh the coin and inspect the suspicious area under a microscope.

[wavysteps]

I agree with James' observation. It is a wide AM, however, since this seems to be the only one found and the presence of a fissure along the rim, I would suspect that it was faked or a magician's coin.

BJ Neff

[brefos77]

I'd like to see a pic of the initials and a side view of the coin itself.
Might be an early April Fool's joke, but it would be exciting if this was the real deal.

[Car10]

I agree with James. From the photo it's clearly a machined job.

[foundinrolls]

I would also like to see the entire reverse in one shot and a close up of the FG designer's initials.

Thanks,
Bill

[brefos77]

This is what the 1995 FG initials should look like. It's RDV-007.