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keets · July 5, 2003 4:03AM

Al H.

Russ · July 5, 2003 4:09AM

I see that the last option is winning handily.

Russ, NCNE

Blade · July 5, 2003 4:11AM

Yeah,
I went with that last option too. I just can't get charged up over some of the freaky type 1 / type 2. Is it really that important that the letters are just a little skinnier or the "s" is filled? I would prefer to collect major type vs minor variety.

keets · July 5, 2003 4:17AM

hey blade

as per your reply on the thread i'll go and add another option which more succicntly defines the replies i may get.

al h.

mdwoods · July 5, 2003 4:24AM

Geez, I can't believe I'm the only one who is ignorant on this issue...

MrSunshine · July 5, 2003 4:49AM

Without the date, I'll say type 2

Blade · July 5, 2003 4:59AM

Thanks Keets. Not exactly my point, but entertaining none-the-less. OK, so I give. What is it and how do I tell T1/T2 apart?

Russ · July 5, 2003 5:04AM

Has something to do with the eagle's beak - I think.

Russ, NCNE

keets · July 5, 2003 5:10AM

hey Tom

the easiest way to recognize it for me is by studying the detail in the eagle's wing feathers. look at the wing feathers to your left of the perch that the eagle is on. Type 1 coins have 4 easily identifiable feathers and weak detail in the wing itself. Type 2 coins will only have 3 wing feathers and much better detail. Proof 1955 and prior coins are all T1 while proof 1957 coins and all subsequent are T2. since the change took place early in the 1956 run, it encompasses only a small percentage of the total, with CAM/DCAM coins being true rarities and priced accordingly.

al h.

TWQG · July 5, 2003 5:22AM

Learning, caring and sharing

I love this place.

POTD keets!

jeffnpcb · July 5, 2003 6:26AM

Looks Type 2 to me. If you blow it up a little more you can see the difference in the Eagle. Wait, or am I backwards on that!!!

keets · July 5, 2003 8:36AM

here we have the subject coin re-sized on the left to blow up the eagle and a correctly designated Type 1 coin on the right. the difference is easily noticed, even in the fuzzy scan.

al h.

mojorizn · July 5, 2003 9:01AM

Ah! I am enlightened! Thanks!

Mojo

mnmcoin · July 5, 2003 10:07AM

I voted type 2, you can't see the breast feathers that well, but the rest looks like the type 2.

mo <><

TWQG · July 5, 2003 10:11AM

Are the beaks different too?

LucyBop · July 6, 2003 12:10AM

Here is a type one, notice the lack of definition in the Eagle, the breast feathers and the wing feathers.

here is a type two, you will notice a sharper strucker more detailed Eagle. Breast feathers visable and wing feathers strong.

Any Franklin proof from 1950 - 55 will have the type 1 Eagle.
Any Franklin proof from 1957 - 63 will have the type two..... compare the differences next time your at a shop or show.. Once your eye is trained what to look for, you'll never miss picking them out from the 1956 issue.

sinin1 · December 14, 2009 7:34AM

looks like a Barber

Overdate · December 14, 2009 8:05AM

Well, 1914 is earlier than 1956, so it must be a Type 1.

I guess a coin will sometimes morph in a 6-year-old thread.

Gemineye · December 14, 2009 8:13AM

Al your a magician...!!!...the coin changed...!!

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