Gary's 20th Century Type Set
25c STANDING LIBERTY TYPE 1 1916-17


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Grade: PCGS AU 58 FH
Owner: coinsbygary
 
Winning Set: Gary's 20th Century Type Set
Date Added: 3/17/2009
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Owner's Description

Was it not for production of the 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter starting late in the year on December 16, 1916, the “Type 1” Standing Liberty Quarter may have been a first-year/one-year variety. When designer Hermon A. Macneil saw his newly minted quarter for the first time, he complained that the design on the coin resembled one he had done earlier and later changed. The US Mint in turn, considering his complaints along with other factors changed the main devices on the “Type 1” Standing Liberty Quarter in 1917. The Standing Liberty Quarter, rich in symbolism, portrays Lady Liberty standing at the “gateway to America”. In her left hand is a shield and in her right hand is an olive branch. Lady Liberty, ever vigilant, is prepared to defend liberty, but is committed to peace. With World War 1 raging in Europe, this coin made a powerful statement to the people of the United States and their potential foes and allies in Europe that we would defend liberty even at the cost of stepping out through the “gate” to fight a war outside our borders. On April 6, 1917, the United States entered the war. Coins in this series with a fully struck head earn a “Full Head” designation with their grade. Desiring to own at least one “Full Head” Standing Liberty Quarter, I purchased this “Type 1” AU-58, 1917 “Full Head” example for my collection.

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