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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 440555, member: 15929&quot;]The Coin World article has some good photos in it but no real comparison photos so that the differences can be pinpointed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For the obverse, the most obvious difference is the lettering style in the motto (and no I did not see this until it was pointed out to me by the IKE Group) which is a lighter fontface. The G in GOD does not have a serif. Even the most serious of die abrading does not remove that serif so no serif ever existed!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regular Proof G </p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/1971-S%20Type%201%20DDO/DSC04910.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Prototype G</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/1971-S%20Type%201%20DDO/DSCN6103W.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>IKE&#039;s hair is different as well. The photo below shows the Prototype on the left, a regular Business Strike in the middle and a Proof on the right:</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/1971-S%20Type%201%20DDO/02-Hair-02D.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The biggest difference with the reverse (which I did spot) was on the Earth:</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/1971-S%20Type%201%20DDO/1971-SType0RevEarth.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Below are what the Earth should have looked like as illustrated by the Type 1 and Type 2 earths:</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/Types/T1T2T3-400Labeled.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Gulf of Mexico is eerily shaped like the Gulf of the Friendly Eagle Variety:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/FEP/IKE1971-DRDV-0061744260401EarthBCB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is the obverse before I sent it off to the IKE Group:</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/1971-S%20Type%201%20DDO/DSC04214D.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And here is the reverse:</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/1971-S%20Type%201%20DDO/DSC04217D.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As you can see, that earth is really none of the known types which is what initially caught my eye.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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