I was just going over some odds and ends accumulated with a purchase several years ago of mostly silver bullion collection (friend of my son inherited) and spotted this. It is a 1971-S Silver Clad but not in mint packaging. It's in a standard 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 type holder. Now it doesn't look like the common varieties of 401 (pegleg) or 501 (S/S), but it does look like it's missing the foot of the upright of the R. Any thoughts on whether this is grease, die deterioration or a different Die Variety? At this point, I'm not removing it from the holder, but would if it is of more than passing interest.
It appears I was looking at the wrong side of the R. I thought I saw differences in the tail length in the examples I was using. So this appears to be a peg leg. Now whether it's a straight or fading I can't answer because it looks a little like each. Another question is whether there is a way to distinguish between a Proof and Business Strike Silver Clad 1971-S.
Yes they have a full forum. And yes, it isn't heavily traveled. One of these days there will be more of a following for this coin.
Looks like it matched third from the left. I wish I could see the right foot to see if the pointed transition is on the comp. On the Subject coin, it appears that both the original blunter "tail" or right foot of the R is in the process of fading along the SW portion of the tail. This stage apparently does not last too long since most appear to have one or the other of the blunt tail or the sharper looking tail. Some early pointed tailed examples show roughness on the SW edge. The emphasis of the composite photo was to show the changes to the peg leg and not the tail or right side so it was cut off. Now my survey is quite limited at this point, but please chime in with observations or comments. I'd really like to see another example of this transition as a proof of concept. Finding good close ups of the tail side isn't easy with most comps showing no close up or only the left side.
