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Message:: [QUOTE="Morgan, post: 66333, member: 3630"]Actually the Type II set in 1979 resulted from the master mint mark punch breaking. The new punch was considerably clearer. In 1981 That punch broke as well. Something about being improperly annealed. The new punch once again resulted in a type II set. The second punch in 1981 produces an "s" with a drawn out appearance. The curves of the "s" look like two u's were placed on there side in an oposing format, similar to the way this text shows the s.  The type I from "81" and the type II from "79" are the same punch, as is the "80" punch, and they look like a normal clear s resulting from stacking two o's on each other then removing the opropriate sections to form the s. This clear s mark also has slightly bulbous ends but it generally shows up clear and well defined.[/QUOTE]