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1971-S Ike "peg leg"? MS63 PCGS just up and disappeared on eBay...

CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭
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I had this coin in my "Items I'm Watching" file and it was suppposed to end tonight at 10pm central time but now it's gone. It's not even in my "watching" category anymore, even as an "ended" item, and I can't find it when I do a search for "completed items" either. What gives? I've been looking for a 71-S peg leg for a while now, (like a lot of other Ike collectors) and to have this just up and disappear is confounding.

Any one else been watching/bidding on this coin? It was a 10 day auction and had been hovering at $10.50 for 5+ days waiting for the mad snipping rush at the last minute, (of which I was hoping to be a part image ).

Any info on what happened to it?

My guess is the seller got an offer he couldn't refuse and ended the auction early but wouldn't that show up somewhere? image
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  • CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭
    I emailed the seller aand asked about the auction. Here's his reply:
    "I had a customer purchase the coin for $100."

    Betcha the auction would have gone higher than that!


    I should have done that.image
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  • joeyukjoeyuk Posts: 3,282
    Did the coin have more then one bid on it?
    If I am selling I will only end an auction early
    if a coin has no bids or the offer comes from
    the only person to bid. That is why if I see a
    coin I really want with no or one bid I will bid.
    If there are a few bids I just wait to snipe.
  • CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭
    If I'm not mistaken there were 2 or 3 bids the last time I checked a few days ago. when i checked on it this morning...PUFF...gone.
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  • CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭
    Here's a link to the auction courtesy of Rampage image


    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11981&item=3956331967&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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  • joeyukjoeyuk Posts: 3,282
    Yes this is the sellers equivilent to retracting a bid and it
    would be nice if a talley of auctions ended early was also
    kept in a persons feedback.
  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭✭
    Be gald you didn't get that coin.

    It's not a peg leg!

    Coin is worth less than the $10.50 bid on it!
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  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    James is right. This is not a Peg Leg coin. I am glad that you did not buy it. image
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  • SMSSMS Posts: 139


    << <i>Be gald you didn't get that coin.

    It's not a peg leg! >>



    I'm sorry, but the coin does not come up that big on my computer. But why would you say it is not a "peg leg"? I do not see any serifs on the 'R', but the image is too small to see if there are actually serifs or if it's just lighting coming off the right side of the left leg of the 'R' making it appear to have a rather small serif (which I have a few like that, and a few with the full serifs...neither of which are "peg-leg"). I'm curious to know what it is I'm not able to see at my resolution. Thanks.
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  • CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭


    << <i>But why would you say it is not a "peg leg"? I do not see any serifs on the 'R', but the image is too small to see if there are actually serifs or if it's just lighting coming off the right side of the left leg of the 'R' making it appear to have a rather small serif (which I have a few like that, and a few with the full serifs...neither of which are "peg-leg"). I'm curious to know what it is I'm not able to see at my resolution. Thanks. >>




    The pic had me fooled too. (that's why my inital disappointment) I did wonder about the closeness of the "R" to the top of Ike's head. On the pics of peg legs I've seen (I've never seen one in person, I'm still a wannabe) there is a noticeable difference in the space between the "R" and the Bust compared to a normal "R". Plus other differences I am now aware of.

    However, I've learned to trust the voices of experience on this forum. And I'm happy as a pig in the sunshine that I didn't get it. image
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  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭✭
    SMS

    The leg of the "R" needs to be perfectly straight to be a peg leg. The coin in the link is slightly curved.

    That's all you really need to know to tell.

    The overall look of a peg leg is also very different.

    I'll refer you to DDO #7 in "The Authoritative Guide to Eisenhower Dollars" There is also a one page write up on the coin as well.

    According to the book, I'm the discoverer of the variety, although I think it had been called out before.
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  • COINDOGCOINDOG Posts: 402
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    The coin was not a peg leg. I placed the second bid on the coin, and then realized that it was not a peg leg coin.
    A true peg leg is a totally different die, and has differences in the hair, Liberty, and In god we trust.
    Futhermore, the peg resembles a pirates peg leg, hence the description, " peg leg "
    Lastly, this strike looks totally different from any other 1971-S Business strike !!
    Personally, in MS 63, the coin should have sold for at least $ 150.00 !! ( If it had been a peg leg )
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