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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2315376, member: 15929"]Folks, if you haven't figured it out yet, there are different types of PegLegs for the IKE Dollar simply because the term refers to the R in LIBERTY which has no serif. For the 1971-S Proof IKE, there are several types in several different die states of which MOST are derived from ODV-006 which means that the no-serifed "R" was by design. [ATTACH=full]467111[/ATTACH] Speculation is that the original design for the high relief proof coin was non-serifed and somewhere during the minting process it was decided to add a serif to the R in LIBERTY on the Master Hub which accounts for the rudimentary serif which exists on about 75% of the 1971-S Proof IKE Dollars. These serif's look like they were added with a "dremel" tool of some sort. [ATTACH=full]467112[/ATTACH] Both of these "R's" exist in various die states within the 1971-S Production of Proof IKE Dollars. According to US Mint Production records, 1,222,170 1971-S Proofs were produced in 1971 (Sep and Dec) and 3,043,064 were produced in 1972 (Mar and Jun). Of those totals, it is speculated that only the coins produced in 1971 were of the "non-serifed" designs.[/QUOTE]