1996 Near and Far dates

The 1996 nickels have Near and Far date varieties, similar to the 1926 varieties (but not quite as obvious).

1996 Near date - top of 6 is closer to D than the thickness of the lower part of the D.

1996 Far date - top of 6 is farther from D than the thickness of the lower part of the D.

The left side images are 300 DPI scans of coins lent by William Gay (b2feather@aol.com). The right side images are from an ebay auction by Joe Kennedy (benderbot@excite.com).