eisenhower united states proof dollar 1972 value

This variety was used in most proof dollar coins of 1971 and all silver dollars of 1972. Usually the islands appear to lump into one very large island or indentation where the islands would normally appear on the coin. The Type 2 dollar features a higher relief and rounder earth - but the islands are very indistinct. This variety is of lower relief and was used in most copper-clad and uncirculated silver dollars of 1971 and most copper-clad 1972 dollars. The Type 1 dollar features three islands off the coast of Florida - All of them are east of the eastern edge of the Gulf of Mexico (or western edge of Florida). The varieties of this year largely deal with the styling of the depiction of earth on the reverse of the coin and the differences are very subtle - but easy to distinguish. One major variety is the 1972 Type 2 Eisenhower 'Ike' Dollar - also known as Variety 2. Unlike Philadelphia (who distributed dies to Denver) they could just make another one up so die repair was not real high on their list.What This Coin Looks Like (Obverse, Reverse, Mint Mark Location, Special Features, etc.): Most peglegs of the die abraded variety originated from the Denver Mint primarily because they had to make their dies last and last. This 1972 Type 1 is more by design that actual die abrading. Peglegs do come is all different kinds of varieties though: This sucker is more rare than a Type 2 IKE although current prices do not reflect this! Peglegs do not have any appreciable value over their non-pegged counterparts with the exception of the 1971-S 40% Business Strike coin. When these get abraded, the R really fades!

The 1976 BiCentennial coins (Type 1 and produced in 1975) are peglegs as well. Some of them do fade into the background or appear extreme due to a lack of cameo frost though.

The proof IKE is a different story though as these coins are peglegs by design, similar to the 1972-S Proof and 40% Business Strike coins which are all peglegs.

Extreme cases have the leg of the R actually fading into the field. After a certain amount of die abrading and repair, those serifs invariably get polished off leaving that left leg straight up and down. To repeat, the R in LIBERTY on your typical Eisenhower Dollar has serifs on the left leg of that R. Here's a little post although it does not concentrate specifically on the 1971-S Pegleg Proof it does give some definition on what a pegleg is. It is kinda weird that the post went unanswered after a couple of years!

Eisenhower united states proof dollar 1972 value