Difference Between 1976 Type 1 And Type 2 Ike Dollars

Look at the picture that Milla_cent posted. I always key in on the tail of the second S in STATES. On the type I the point of the S reaches halfway up the E. On the type II it barely reaches the top of the bottom bar of the E. Once you learn to recognize how high that type I goes, that is all you need. It becomes an arms length variety and you never have to compare it to another picture or another coin.

I read from one publication that the 1976 dollars were made with the sharper letters. (Type II) So the Type I's must have been made in 1975? (They made the quarter, half and Ike dollar Centennial coins both years 75 & 76.)