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Message:: [QUOTE="rockdude, post: 568313, member: 15378"]Most of the coins struck in 1953 appear to show the Queen with a bare shoulder, which was considered to be inappropriate. Later in 1953 new dies were cut with lower relief and a stronger shoulder fold which strikes up on the coins, creating what is known as the "shoulder fold" or "shoulder strap" (SS) variety. Some of the lettering was also modified, so the earlier NSS examples have strongly serifed "I"'s on the obverse, while the later SS variety has much straighter "I"'s. On worn coins, the shape of these "I"'s is an easy way to confirm which type you are looking at.so the earlier NSS examples have strongly serifed "I"'s on the obverse, while the later SS variety has much straighter "I"'s. I'm unclear why the later version was givin as fact of a no strap variety.[/QUOTE]