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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 448377, member: 15929"]All 1976 Type 1 IKEs are of the pegleg variety including the proof coins. The real money would be in finding a serifed R on a Type 1 BiCentennial coin. That said, die abrading does occur on these coins which then creates a "fading pegleg" which, if it occurs on a high grade coin, could bring a considerable premium to an astute IKE collector. <img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/IKEs/PegLegs/1976-DFadingPegLegCoinARE.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> The upside to your finds is that its great that you and others are finally looking at these coins! :high5: I forgot to add that the abrading on the die is not necessarily an attempt to hide anything as much as it is the mints attempt at "saving" the die. The Philadelphia had ready access to replacement dies whereas the Denver facility was not afforded that particular "luxury". Replacements dies had to be ordered from Philadelphia. The net result is that there are far more Denver Die Abraded peglegs than Philadelphia. Given that, if you run across a good die abraded Philadelphia coin, hand on to it since these are not that easy to obtain. I'm not saying that they are rare as much as I am saying they are uncommon.[/QUOTE]