BICENTENNIAL TYPE 1 BICENTENNIAL TYPE 2

OBVERSE

REVERSE

These five pairs of photographs depict the five distinct markers for TYPE 1 and TYPE 2.

In order from top to bottom:

- T1 has a skinnier R with a peg leg - T2 has a fatter and Serif-footed R

- T1 skinnier E, upper arms end square - T2 fatter, arms end slanted

- T1 broad letters, no serifs, R’s legs almost meet, straight right leg

T2 skinnier letters, serifs, R’s legs separated, curved right leg

- T1 had “U over U” - T2 does not

- T1 bottom left of S higher than bottom arm of E - T2 same height

The reason to become familiar with all of these markers? Older dies and a common form

of hub doubling can create wider letters and make a T2 reverse look a bit like a T1 reverse.

The “U over U” of the TYPE 1 is the most definitive marker.

For the record, the TYPE 2 obverse relief was lowered and its reverse relief was increased.

There are no known mules. The SB and SP are TYPE 1 while the CP comes in both TYPE 1 and TYPE 2.

The mintages of the CB Bicentennial Ikes in rough numbers:

TYPE 1 TYPE 2

Philly 4,000,000 113,000,000

Denver 21,000,000 82,000,000

All four are plagued with die chatter: the Denver T2 is the highest quality CuNi-clad Ike.