Gary's 20th Century Type Set
25c WASHINGTON SILVER 1932-64


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON
Item Description: 25C 1958 D
Grade: NGC MS 64
Owner: coinsbygary
 
Winning Set: Gary's 20th Century Type Set
Date Added: 3/17/2009
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

In the clutches of the Great Depression with little to celebrate, the Treasury Department moved ahead with plans to issue a coin to celebrate the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth in 1932. For the design, they sought the Commission of Fine Arts and the Washington Bicentennial Commission for recommendations. Through a contest, the commission recommended a design submitted by Laura Gardin Fraser, the wife of James Earle Fraser, designer of the Buffalo nickel. However, the Treasury Secretary passed over this recommendation in favor of a design by John Flanagan. The Treasury Department originally intended for the commemorative to be a half dollar, but Congress having other ideas deciding the commemorative should be a quarter dollar. Perhaps due to the Great Depression, Congress thought that a quarter would find its way into the hands of more Americans than a half dollar. Snubbed at the time, Laura Gardin Fraser finally got her recognition in 1999 when her design appeared on a $5 gold coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s death. This MS-64, 1958-D Washington Quarter is also in my 1958 birth year set.

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