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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 927958, member: 9474&quot;]From what I have gathered there are 3 dates that have the Type II designation.&nbsp; First is the 1956 Proof.&nbsp; These coins were found in proof sets of that year.&nbsp; The Type I proof looks like the same reverse used on all business strikes in the Franklin series and all the proofs from 56 and earlier.&nbsp; Later in the year, the mint switch the dies to make them more pronounced and detailed.&nbsp; These are the type II variety and found on all proofs after 56.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The other two coins are the 1958 and 1959 UNCs/business strikes.&nbsp; It is thought that many of the proof dies were mistakenly mixed in with the business strike dies which resulted in this type.&nbsp; Another theory that has been presented has been that the reject proof dies were purposely used to mint these.&nbsp; This was a way to decrease waste and save money as the dies were still usable.&nbsp; The handful of 58 Type II&#039;s that I have found, I found searching through many coin shows and coin shops.&nbsp; They 59 Type II is much more common with some estimates that half of 6.2 million minted were the Type II variety.&nbsp; I have about a dozen or so of these and most were found in 59 mint sets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to use this thread to not only introduce the Type II variety Franklins but also to introduce two of my coins that I got back from NGC today with a variety of the type II variety.&nbsp; These were found on the 1959 halfs.&nbsp; These are the FS801 DDR found in Cherrypickers.&nbsp; For those of you who don&#039;t collect these, the type II is easily found by the naked eye.&nbsp; These can be very easily cherrypicked at shows and shops since most are not looking for this variety.&nbsp; In order to find the FS801, you need to look a little more closely, but the doubling is clear as day and cannot be missed.&nbsp; I found these two at two different tables at a show I attended.&nbsp; I tried to take some close up pics to assist with diagnostics so please bear with my poor photography skills. I hope you can see what I am referring to.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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