Is the peg-leg 1972s proof Ike the common one? Read the old threads and it still isn't clear, to me

pharmer

My note on it from when I obtained it says "Type 1?" but Red Book describes "variety one" and "variety two", not Type, and says all silver 1972 issues are "variety" two. What "Type" is this (has round earth, no distinct islands off Florida) and is this peg leg common on the 1972s proof Ike's? Thanks!

Animalkeeper

According to The Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower Dollars by Wexler, Crawford and Flynn, there were four distinct obverse master hub designs:

Type I (Low Relief) - All 1971 PDS and 1972 PD business strikes,
Type II (High Relief) - most 1971 S proofs
Type III (High Relief Peg Leg) - 1971 S proofs, all 1972 S business strikes, and all 1972 S proofs
Type IV (Modified High Relief) - all business and proof strikes for '73, '74, '77, '78.

Hope that helps.

pharmer

Thank you, it does. This peg leg 72s proof is the norm. I appreciate it.

segoja

Yep....a normal coin.

ModernDollarNut

In a nut shell:

- all 1972-S Ike proofs are design variety peg legs
- all 1972-S Ike BS Silvers, dittto
- all 1976 TYPE 1 Ikes are ditto

From here it gets a bit complicated:

- the two 1971-S BS Silver Peg Legs are one die varieties, properly called the Fading Peg Leg (FPL) and the Straight Peg Leg (SPL). The FPL is always a DDO while the SPL is always paired with a DDR.
POP is probably 50,000 and 25,000 +/- respectively.

- there is a more common 1971-S Peg Leg Proof, a one design variety (SPL) which happens to appear with a spread of peg leg fade, this probably due to consecutive re-frosting/polishing treatments that undermined the otherwise straight peg leg.

- then there are the visually and conceptually interesting die-clash die-polish clad Ike Peg Legs which exist for almost every date and mint except the P Mints of the first four years and the 1973-D. right now I can't remember if there are 72(P) peg legs.

- AND, there is the remarkable 74-D "Major Peg Leg" and the 76-D T1 "Off at the Knees" Peg Leg. These two have markedly forshortened peg legs that literally fade into the field. Although seemingly always associated with die-clash abrasions, these two are so uniform in appearance that they give the impression of a mint prank or possibly the handywork of a mint employee who liked his peg legs short.

Sorry if that's more than you wanted to know! Rob

pharmer

That's great, thanks. In the old threads, there was just never a blanket statement about the 72s proof all being peg leg. Now I know.