Posted 01/16/2009 1:43 pm
Type 2 Franklin half reverse first showed up on most of the 1956 proofs and all proofs after that date. The two varieties for 1956 do have a degree of popularity. Type 2 also showed up on many 1958 and 1959 Philly circulation strikes. At least most 1959 mint sets have the 1959 type 2 half in it. There is an apparently third type for 1959, but it really is a class III doubled die made from both types 1 and 2. It is shown on page 270 of the CherryPickers' Guide Fourth edition, Volume II. It is not identified there as a class III.
Note the wide separation in the dot to the left of E in EPU.
Note the wide separation in the dot to the left of E in EPU.
