This is a type 2 the type one has bold lettering and the last S of states the lower portion of the S is more turned upwards. Type 1 has much more "blocky" lettering and the type I has slightly finer lettering basicslly is the easiest way to tell there is some great pictures on the inter web if ya google it
I've heard that the lettering on some strikes is not always a distinct giveaway--although in my experience I've always been able to use that method without a problem.
Another way is to check the first U's on PLURIBUS and UNUM. On a Type 1 they will be pretty closely lined up. On Type 2, they will not.
Also, all silver Bicentennial Ikes are Type 1.
I carried a clad Type 1 as a pocket piece for some months up until just recently, so got to know the little details like that. I recently spent it at the LCS Kind of regret that.
Besides the blockiness of the letters in general, my go to indicator for type I or II is the ends of the horizontal bar of the T's. For the Type I they will be vertical | |, and for the Type II they will be slanted / \.
My goto for telling them apart is the last S in STATES. They are shaped completely different, and on the type 2 the tail of the S only come up to the top of the bottom bar of the E. On the type 1 it almost reaches the middle of the E
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