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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2186751, member: 112&quot;]This is kind of the key to your discussion. The changes were not mandated by law or official policy, they were simple changes made by the mint in the engraving and die making process. And that&#039;s exactly why they are not changes in type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you ever read the actual laws for coins ? They are very general in their descriptions, so minor changes in the design are made all the time. You can read about some of them here - <a href="http://users.scronline.com/lockem/20thcentury.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://users.scronline.com/lockem/20thcentury.txt" rel="nofollow">http://users.scronline.com/lockem/20thcentury.txt</a>&nbsp; - A lot of folks aren&#039;t even aware that a lot of these changes were made, and that only covers a small portion of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>To show you what I mean about coin laws just read what you find here - <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112" rel="nofollow">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The laws for older coins were much the same, just using generic terms and descriptions like what you find at that link. For example, this is how the law describes the $50 AGE -</p><p><br /></p><p><i>(i)on the obverse side, a design symbolic of Liberty; and</i></p><p><i>(ii)on the reverse side, a design representing a family of eagles, with the male carrying an olive branch and flying above a nest containing a female eagle and hatchlings;</i></p><p><i>(B)have inscriptions of the denomination, the weight of the fine gold content, the year of minting or issuance, and the words “Liberty”, “In God We Trust”, “United States of America”, and “E Pluribus Unum”; and</i></p><p><i>(C)have reeded edges.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Now as you can see from that there is a whole lot of latitude given to the mint when it comes to the design of this coin. As long as those terms are met, they can make minor design changes just about any time they want. And they will make those changes based on several different things. It can be that the hubs are getting worn, it can be that they think a minor change will make the design strike up better or prolong die life. It can be all sorts of things. And in fact there have been several minor changes in the design of the US bullion coins, and they&#039;ve only even been around for about 30 years. But most folks aren&#039;t aware that any changes have been made at all. Back in 2008 they changed the ASE, you can read about it here - <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=955" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=955" rel="nofollow">http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=955</a>&nbsp; - but I&#039;ll bet most folks never even noticed.</p><p><br /></p><p>And those changes were not dictated by any law or any official policy, the mint just did it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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