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Ike Peg Leg Question

Hello

I was wondering between these two ikes if one of them is the die abraded peg leg.

Thanks
Cliff

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The second is not

    The first one seems to have the characteristics

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  • I would agree with you. The funny thing is they are both the same year and mint mark and if I am not mistaken, which I certainly could be, 1972-P strikes do not have a peg leg die state.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would agree with you. The funny thing is they are both the same year and mint mark and if I am not mistaken, which I certainly could be, 1972-P strikes do not have a peg leg die state. >>

    The 1972-S 40% Business Strike does though.

    There is some speculation that a design pegleg hub was inadvertantly used on a serif die.

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    On the R above, it appears as if there's a pegleg (which there is) but since die abrading affects the fields, the peg is the result of "hubbing" since the peg portion is on the depest portion of the die.

    Serifs, on the other hand, are on the shallowest part of the die (the field).
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