help please! type 1 vs type 2 SBA 1981-S?

Baley · March 4, 2003 4:20PM

to anyone who knows these, can you tell me which type 1981 SBA this is? it's the only one of these I have so can't compare to any others in person, looks like the type 2 in my book but ???

thanks in advance!

supercoin · March 4, 2003 4:44PM

Tough to tell from the photo, but it looks like a Type 1. The Red Book has good photos under the SBA section, or to compare to known examples in real life, look at these proof coins of any denomination:

1980 -- All are same as 1981 Type 1
1982 -- All are same as 1981 Type 2

relayer · March 4, 2003 4:48PM

I think it's a type 1. The type 2 S looks more like an 8.

wallstreetman · March 4, 2003 5:02PM

Need a better close up!

leothelyon · March 4, 2003 5:50PM

Here are some pics. They are from left to right,
79t1, 79t1, 79t2
81t1, 81t2, 81t2
The really big pics show the t2 over the t1 S

Hopes this helps. Also another thread by Madmarty shows some pics.

Good luck,

Leo

Baley · March 5, 2003 2:14AM

thanks, thats helping. here's a better pic, maybe this is definitive?

MadMarty · March 5, 2003 2:30AM

Looks like a T1 to me.

keets · March 5, 2003 2:34AM

...........and i'll go against the grain and say Type 2 from the scan.

al h.

relayer · March 5, 2003 2:41AM

With the new scan, I'm switching to a type 2 also.

MadMarty · March 5, 2003 2:48AM

Need Leo to pipe in, he's the expert.

Baley · March 5, 2003 2:52AM

ok, here's an even bigger pic, and took one of the S on the 1981 penny, is THAT a type one or a type 2?

keets · March 5, 2003 3:00AM

the bigger pic looks like a Type 1.

al h.

supercoin · March 5, 2003 3:44AM

The better SBA photo still looks Type 1 to me. The mintmarks are punched in by hand, and this one perhaps wasn't punched as deeply as it should be, which makes the tips of the S look separated from the middle section (like a Type 2) but it doesn't have the bulbous ends of the Type 2, nor does it have the flattened "backbone" of the Type 2.

The Type 2 can sometimes not be well punched either, so it's tricky. As an aside, personally if I were buying a Type 2 I would look for a nice definitive one... the difference is subtle enough as it is.

The Lincoln looks like it may be a Type 2, but the photo is really fuzzy so I'm guessing.

Any luck comparing it to 1980 or 1982 proofs in real life?

help please! type 1 vs type 2 SBA 1981-S?

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