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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 195031, member: 68&quot;]Nothing&#039;s ever simple. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s also an obverse difference.&nbsp; There are slightly different shapes to some of the letters but the biggest is that the type II has a large crease on Ike&#039;s neck.&nbsp; This coin also has a large circle superimposed over the Liberty Bell whic is a little difficult to see.&nbsp; There are no known mules so you can tell the type by either side.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Off topic a little, but there&#039;s another Ike that rarely gets mentioned.&nbsp; There are actually two types of the 40% unc version.&nbsp; One was made to mint set quality on mint set presses and the other was run off in a few days in July 1976 on high speed presses.&nbsp; Millions of these &quot;high speed&quot; coins were made and beaten up at the mint but sales were poor and virtually all were destroyed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;76 type I Eisenhower is a very scarce coin in gem condition.&nbsp; Even mint set coins are usually banged up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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