1999 Wide AM Penny Value

1999 Wide AM Lincoln Cent

Key date

Some circulation cents were struck with a Wide AM reverse normally associated with Proof coins.

1999 Wide AM Penny: front (type example, 2005-D Memorial cent) — Type example: 2005-D Memorial cent and 2005-D Memorial reverse. Your coin's date and mint mark may differ.
Photo credits
United States Mint image (PD; front, back)

1999 Wide AM Penny: back (type example, 2005-D Memorial reverse) — Type example: 2005-D Memorial cent and 2005-D Memorial reverse. Your coin's date and mint mark may differ.
Photo credits
United States Mint image (PD; front, back)

Value by condition

Penny Value estimate · values as of Q4 2026

Worn (Good to Very Fine)

$3.00 – $8.50

G-4 – VF-20

Uncirculated (MS-60)

$23.00

By grade

Typical value at each grade. Penny Value estimate.
Grade	Value
G-4Good	$3.00
VG-8Very Good	$4.50
F-12Fine	$6.00
VF-20Very Fine	$8.50
XF-40Extremely Fine	$13.00
AU-50About Uncirculated	$15.00
MS-60Mint State (Uncirculated)	$23.00
MS-63Mint State (Uncirculated)	$32.00
MS-65Mint State (Uncirculated)	$94.00

Values as of Q4 2026 · Penny Value estimate · based on 1 recorded sales · few sales, so treat it as a rough guide

Penny Value estimate, 2026-Q4, from public sale records, mintage and survival data. It isn't a price guide or an offer.

How Penny Value estimates values

Check your own penny

Take a photo of each side. Penny Value reads the date and the mint mark, tells you if it could be a 1999 Wide AM and what to check.

Check your own penny

Penny Value is an Android app for now, so it isn't on the App Store. The values and checks on this page are free to use.Penny Value is an Android app. Open this page on your Android phone to check your own penny with a photo.

How to identify it

On the tails side, a clear gap between the A and M of AMERICA (a proof-style reverse on a circulation coin)
Normal coins of this year have the A and M nearly touching

What to check

What a genuine 1999 Wide AM shows:

AMERICA spacing (1998-2000): WideOn the tails side, do the A and M of AMERICA almost touch (close) or have a clear gap (wide)?

To check yours, photograph

AMERICA close-up

Specs

Series: Lincoln Memorial Cent
Year: 1999
Mint: Philadelphia (no mint mark)
Mint mark: Below the date, on the front
Metal: Copper-plated zinc (97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper)
Weight: 2.50 g
Mintage: Included in the 5,237,600,000 1999 total; not counted separately.
Source: Wikipedia
Variety number: FS-901
Designer: Victor David Brenner (obverse), Frank Gasparro (reverse)

Other varieties of this date

1999 (Close AM)
Philadelphia · Included in the 5,237,600,000 1999 total; not counted separately.
1¢worn

Other 1999 pennies

1999-D
Denver · 6.4 billion made
1¢worn
1999-S Proof
San Francisco · Proof · 3,347,966 made
Proof

1999 penny values · Every Lincoln Memorial Cent · Penny value chart