Chuck,
First of all Congrats on the Type 2

I take it you have read the estimated mintage's
of these in your copy of the new Ike book
Your Type 2 deserves a double Drool

In your pictures of it I am not seeing the usual
annealing marks that are present on a lot of business strike
Ike's. And the high amount of reflection in the photos
makes me wonder if it looks the same in hand as in the photos.
I have more than one "1971-D Struck on Proof Planchet"
that has these same characteristics.
And if memory serves me,a few 1972's can't remember
right now if they are 72 P or D.
Proof planchets do not exhibit the same annealing marks
as regular business strike coins due to them being
annealed differently.
Business strike coins are annealed in a big drum leading
to a lot of bang marks that are not fully struck out
of the coin in the minting process.
Proof planchets are annealed on a belt and are not banging
into each other. Leading to a finished coin with much less
annealing marks and a much more reflective finished coin.
When coupled with the highly polished proof dies.
Just thought I would share what I noticed on your coin.
You know me when it comes to Ike's
"Question Everything"

As far as the the 1971-P
I absolutely agree with both Brian and Bill on that one
1. it is well worth looking into, Very clean split
on the serif of the "S".
2.that split on the Island looks very familiar.
Congratulations my fellow Ikeaholic
